Scientific Atlanta DPR300 Series - Manual (Page 2)

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WebSTAR DPR300 Series Cable Modem Gateway
User’s Guide
Introduction
Welcome to the exciting world of home and office networking. Your new DPR300 Series WebSTAR™ Cable
Modem Gateway allows several users to share one high-speed broadband connection across multiple PCs,
laptops, digital cameras, personal data assistants (PDAs), digital devices, and Internet devices. The cable modem
gateway makes sharing files and photos with your family and friends hassle free. With the DPR300 Series Cable
Modem Gateway, your Internet enjoyment and business productivity will surely soar.
This guide provides procedures and recommendations for placing, installing, configuring, operating, and
troubleshooting your cable modem gateway for Internet access and for high-speed wired or wireless broadband
networking for your home or office. Refer to the appropriate section in this guide for the specific information you
need for your situation. Contact your cable service provider for more information about subscribing to these
services.
Benefits and Features
The cable modem gateway offers the following outstanding benefits and features:
• Allows you to attach multiple devices in your home or office to the cable
modem gateway for high-speed networking and sharing of files and folders
without first copying them onto a CD or diskette
• Protects your equipment and system files from unauthorized access by
hackers who might want to access your private information
• Allows everyone to participate in the latest multiplayer games through your
home network and on the Internet
• Allows you to connect your digital camera, or other digital devices, directly to
your cable modem gateway for quickly sharing photos or files
• Permits an unprecedented method for economical and efficient high-speed
networking for your home or office to share files and printers
• Enables home phoneline networking (HPNA) to multiple devices in your
home or office using your existing telephone lines (not available on all
models)
• Facilitates high-speed wireless networking of PCs, laptops, and PDAs (not
available on all models)
• Assures a broad range of interoperability through support of the Data Over
Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) 1.0 and 1.1 standards