cable, possibly one that came with a cable modem starter kit from your cable
service provider. If you don’t have a coaxial cable, you can get one at most
electronics stores. You want one with a screw-in male F connector at each
end, with a length that works for your installation.
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If you don’t have an available cable TV cable or wall jack, use a coaxial “T
adapter” or “splitter” available from most electronics retailers (see example at
right). Make sure you get one designed for cable modems and/or cable TV.
These typically have one female IN jack and two female OUT jacks. You can
disconnect a live cable from your TV set-top box and screw it into the IN jack of
the splitter. Then connect one coaxial cable from an OUT jack to your TV set-
top box and another coaxial cable from the other OUT jack to your cable
modem. You can see that this approach uses one splitter and 2 additional
coaxial cables, each of which has male connectors on each end. Some
electronics retailers carry the Zoom Cable Modem Connection Kit which has an
excellent splitter and 2 coaxial cables packaged together at a reasonable price.
You can also purchase splitters and coaxial cable separately if you prefer to do
that, perhaps because you need a special length of coaxial cable.
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Connect the supplied Ethernet cable between the cable modem’s yellow LAN
jack and a computer’s Ethernet jack. We recommend that you do this even if you
later plan to connect the cable modem to a router.
3
Connect the Zoom power cube between the Zoom cable modem and a live
power jack. Make sure the cable modem’s Power Switch is ON.
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Go to
“Now that your cable modem is connected, do this.”
below.
Now that your cable modem is connected, do this.
It normally takes 5 to 30 minutes to establish an Internet link the first time a cable modem
connects to a cable service provider. This allows the cable modem to connect to the
appropriate channels for communication. You’ll see the DS, US, and/or Online modem
lights on your cable modem flashing until the Online light stays steady green to signal
success.
After the cable modem connects to your cable service provider, open your Web browser
on the computer that’s connected to your cable modem. Then refresh the screen or try to
go to a Web site. Many service providers, including Comcast, typically bring your
browser to a registration page. In that case, follow the instructions on this registration
page to register your modem.
If no web page appears after opening your browser, you need to call your cable company
to register your modem. Below is a list of some major cable service providers’ phone
numbers to call to activate your cable modem. Note that this list is subject to change.
Comcast 1 (855) 652-3446
Time Warner
1 (855) 704 4503
Cox
1 (888) 556-1193
Cable One
1 (877) 692 2253
RCN
1 (866) 832-4726
