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Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring Cable Modem Interface Features
Configuring the Downstream Cable Modem Interface
Note
The default values for the commands used in this configuration step are adequate in most cases to
configure the Cisco uBR7200 series CMTS.
To activate ARP requests, use the following command in cable interface configuration mode.
Verifying ARP Requests
To verify that cable ARP is activated, enter the
more system:running-config
command and look for the
cable interface configuration information. If ARP is activated, it does not appear in this output. If ARP
is deactivated, it appears in the output as
no cable arp
.
Router#
more system:running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration:
!
interface cable5/0
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
no keepalive
no cable arp
cable downstream annex B
cable downstream modulation 64qam
cable downstream interleave-depth 32
cable downstream symbol-rate 5056941
cable upstream 0 frequency 15008000
no cable upstream 0 shutdown
Tip
If you are having difficulty with verification, verify that you entered the correct port and cable interface
line card slot number when you activated ARP and when you entered the
show interface cable
command.
Activating Downstream Ports
To activate a downstream port on a Cisco uBR7200 series cable interface card for digital data
transmissions over the HFC network, complete the steps in the following table.
Command
Purpose
Router(config-if)#
cable arp
Enable ARP. This is the default.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
Router>
enable
Password:
password
Router#
Enters enable (privileged EXEC) mode.
Enter the password.
You have entered privileged EXEC mode when the prompt
displays the pound symbol
(#)
.
Step 2
Router#
configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
Enters global configuration mode. You have entered global
configuration mode when the
(config)#
prompt appears.
This command can be abbreviated to
config t
or
conf t
.