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Prestige 941 Cable Router
Getting to Know Your Prestige 1-1
Chapter 1
Getting to Know Your Cable Router
This chapter provides functional overviews, key features, applications and product specifications of your
Prestige Cable Router.
1.1 Overview of the Prestige 941 Cable Router
The Prestige is a high bandwidth Internet access Cable Router that connects your LAN to the Internet
using the hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) cable; the same cable that brings television into a cable television
(CATV) subscriber’s home. With the Prestige Cable Router, a computer can be connected to the HFC
cable network for high-speed access to the Internet. It is ideal for cable users with more than one computer
and is an excellent alternative to the more expensive leased lines.
Prestige cable routers are based on the Multimedia Cable Network System (MCNS) Data Over Cable
Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standards specifications. MCNS is a consortium of cable
television companies whose goal is to create standards for interoperable data-over-cable systems.
The Prestige operates with one external 9V DC-input power supply.
1.2 Bridge and Router
According to DOCSIS specification, a cable modem is basically a bridge device. It can be configured to
serve specific CPEs by provisioning their MAC addresses. Only traffic to/from these CPEs will be
forwarded. The others will be filtered. It can also be configured to serve specific numbers of CPEs.
However, these services are provided by your cable operator. They have to setup one account for each CPE.
For most Internet users, they have only one access account. If they have two computers' at home and want
to share this account for two or more users, they have to add another Internet sharing device, like a router.