ZyXEL Communications P-971M User Manual

P-971M User’s Guide

 Preface

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 971M (P-971M) Cable Modem.

Note: Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and 

information at 

www.zyxel.com

 for global products, or at 

www.us.zyxel.com

 for 

North American products.

This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your Prestige for its various 
applications.

• “Enter” means for you to type one or more characters. “Select” or “Choose” means for 

you to use one predefined choices.

• The SMT menu titles and labels are in Bold Times New Roman font. Predefined field 

choices are in Bold Arial font. Command and arrow keys are enclosed in square 
brackets. [ENTER] means the Enter, or carriage return key; [ESC] means the Escape key 
and [SPACE BAR] means the Space Bar.

• Mouse action sequences are denoted using a comma. For example, “click Start, (All) 

Programs, Accessories and then Command Prompt” means first click Start, then point 
your mouse pointer to Programs, point your mouse pointer to Accessories and then click 
Command Prompt.

• For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.,” as a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” for 

“that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual.

• The Prestige 971M   may be referred to as simply the “Prestige” in this User’s guide.

• Supporting Disk

Refer to the included CD for support documents.

• Quick Start Guide 

The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. They 
contain connection information and instructions on getting started.

• ZyXEL Glossary and Web Site

Please refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms and additional 
support documentation.