User`s guide

STATUS
Version 2.0, February 2012. Copyright 2012 Hitron Technologies
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HITRON CGN USER’S GUIDE
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STATUS
This chapter describes the screens that display when you click Status in the toolbar.
It contains the following sections:
Cable Overview on page 29
The System Info Screen on page 35
The Initialization Screen on page 37
The CM Status Screen on page 38
The Password Screen on page 41
3.1 CABLE OVERVIEW
This section describes some of the concepts related to the Cable screens.
3.1.1 DOCSIS
The Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is a
telecommunications standard that defines the provision of data services) Internet
access) over a traditional cable TV (CATV) network. Your CGN supports DOCSIS
version 3.0.
3.1.2 IP ADDRESSES AND SUBNETS
Every computer on the Internet must have a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address.
The IP address works much like a street address, in that it identifies a specific
location to which information is transmitted. No two computers on a network can have
the same IP address.