User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- EMTA Gateway Features
- What’s on the CD-ROM
- Accessing the Diagnostics Display through the CD-ROM
- Computer Requirements
- Setting the Modem in the Stand
- Wall Mounting
- EMTA Gateway Overview
- Connecting the EMTA Gateway to a Single Computer
- Attaching the Cable TV Wire to the EMTA Gateway
- Important Connection Information
- USB Connection to One Computer
- USB Connection - Using the Installation Wizard
- USB Connection - Without Using the Installation Wizard
- Using Windows 2000 for USB Connection
- Using Windows Me for USB Connection
- Using Windows XP for USB Connection
- Ethernet Connection to One Computer
- Connecting More Than Two Computers to the EMTA Gateway
- Telephone or Fax Connection
- Activating the EMTA Gateway
- Accessing the Internet
- Status
- Wireless
- Frequently Asked Questions
- General Troubleshooting
- FCC Declaration of Conformity and Industry Canada Information
Chapter 3: Additional Information
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normally housed in a small plastic box located on an outer wall of the house. It is the legal
demarcation between the subscriber’s property and the service provider’s property.
PacketCable – A project with the objective of developing a set of necessary telephony
specifications and operations support interface specifications for EMTA Gateways and associated
equipment used over the DOCSIS-based cable network.
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) – The worldwide voice telephone network which
provides dial tone, ringing, full-duplex voice band audio and optional services using standard
telephones.
Provisioning - The process of enabling the Media Terminal Adapter (MTA) to register and
provide services over the network.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) – A networking protocol that
provides communication across interconnected networks, between computers with diverse
hardware architectures and various operating systems.
TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol, the system by which the Media Terminal Adapter’s
configuration data file is downloaded.
TSP - Telephony Service Provider, an organization that provides telephone services such as dial
tone, local service, long distance, billing and records, and maintenance.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) – USB is a “plug-and-play” interface between a computer and add-on
devices, such as an EMTA Gateway.