SURFboard Cable Modem Installation Manual
Section 1
Introduction
The Motorola
®
SURFboard SB5100 series cable modem provides a link from a home or business
computer to a high-speed DOCSIS or Euro-DOCSIS 2.0, 1.1, or 1.0 compliant data network. This
network provides a downstream data transfer rate up to 38 Mbps in a single 6 MHz channel
(55 Mbps in a 8 MHz channel for Euro-DOCSIS) using 64 QAM and 256 QAM technologies. The
SURFboard cable modem provides a USB or Ethernet connection.
The features of the SURFboard cable modem include:
! Windows
®
98, Windows
®
2000, Windows Me
®
, and Windows XP
™
based USB support
! USB interface for direct connection to USB-equipped computers
! 10/100Base-T Ethernet port supporting up to 32 users
! Standby switch on top of unit
! Remote management through SNMP, internal web pages, or StormWatch
™
Diagnostic Suite
! Automatic configuration and address assignment
! Software upgrades over the network
! Compatibility with Windows, Macintosh
®
, and UNIX
®
operating system computers running
TCP/IP
! Extensive event logs for troubleshooting