User`s guide

System Requirements

The Touchstone Wideband Cable Modem operates with most computers. The fol-

lowing describes requirements for each operating system; see the documentation

for your system for details on enabling and conﬁguring networking.

To use the Wideband Cable Modem, you need DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed Internet serv-

ice from your cable company.

Recommended Hardware

The following hardware conﬁguration is the minimum recommended. Computers

not meeting this conﬁguration can still work with the WBM760, but may not be able

to make maximum use of WBM760 throughput.

CPU: P4, 3GHz or faster

RAM: 1GB or greater

Hard drive: 7200 RPM or faster

Ethernet: Gig-E (1000BaseT)

Windows

Ethernet connection: Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows ME,

Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista

USB connection (if equipped): Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista

Note: For best results, Windows XP should be conﬁgured with a TCP receive

window size of 256KB (the XP default is 64 KB). The TCP Optimizer pro-

gram, available from speedguide.net

, can be used to make this change.

MacOS

Ethernet connection only: MacOS X

Linux/other Unix

Ethernet connection only: Hardware drivers, TCP/IP, and DHCP must be enabled in

the kernel

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