Motorola SURFBOARD SVG2500 - Manual (Page 16)

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1 OVERVIEW
Thank you for purchasing a Motorola SVG2500 SURFboard ® Wireless Voice Gateway
for your home, home office, or small business/enterprise. Applications where the
Motorola SVG2500 is especially useful include:
• Households with multiple computers requiring a network connection and
Internet access
• Small businesses or home offices requiring fast, affordable, and secure Internet
access
• Households and home offices requiring more affordable telephone access with a
Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) connection through the Internet
• Internet gamers desiring easier setup for:
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Programs such as DirectX ® 7 or DirectX ® 8
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Sites such as MSN Games by Zone.com or Battle.net ®
• Video conferencing
A home network enables you to share information between two or more computers.
You can connect your home network to the Internet through your cable TV system.
The SVG2500 is the central connection point between your computers and the
Internet. It directs (routes) information between the computers connected to your
home network. A built-in cable modem transmits information between your home
network and the Internet.
An SVG2500 offers the following standard features:
• Combines five separate products — a DOCSIS
® cable modem, IEEE
802.11g wireless access point (with Wi-Fi © ), Ethernet 10/100Base-T connections,
two VoIP Internet telephone connections, and firewall — into one compact unit