Motorola SB5101 SurfBoard Cable Modem

The Motorola SB5101 SURFboard Cable Modem unlocks the potential of offering high-speed data service. Load your favorite websites quickly, download graphics with unbelievable ease, and enjoy real-time interactive PC gaming and expand console gaming with broadband Internet access from the cable modem market leader—Motorola.

Powerful, flexible, and easy to install and use, Motorola’s next-generation SB5101 Series cable modem maximizes your current infrastructure investment while allowing you to offer new value-added services to your internet plan. Incorporating DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 technology, which provides up to three times the upstream capacity of DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 1.0 or 1.1, the SB5101 Series allows your customers to surf the internet at speeds as high as 30 Mbps. For a smooth transition, the SB5101 Series is backward-compatible with DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1.

The Motorola SB5101 Series cable modem is always on and always connected, enabling quick and easy high-speed Internet services for surfing, downloading, working, shopping, gaming, and e-mailing. Installation couldn’t be simpler—just connect the coaxial cable to the SB5101 Series using an existing coaxial cable outlet, then connect the cable modem to a PC cable outlet, then connect the cable modem to a PC via either Ethernet or optional USB (via either Ethernet or optional USB). Troubleshooting is a breeze, too, thanks to front-panel status indicator LEDs and an online diagnostics panel page. Motorola cable modems provide historically reliable. The SB5101 Series has an annualized field platform. The SB5101 Series has an annualized field failure rate of less than 0.2%. With the power and failure rate of less than 0.2%.

With the power and speed of Motorola’s SB5101 Series cable modem, speed of Motorola’s SB5101 Series cable modem, easy and reliable high-speed Internet access is always at your customer’s fingertips.

Motorola SB5101 vs SB5101N vs SB5101U

This model comes as one of a series of SB5101 modems. The ‘N’ version of this model comes with a few upgraded features compared with the base model SB5101. The SB5101U includes an additional USB port that allows you to connect to your computer or another device through USB. The SB5101N does not include the USB port and just has Ethernet, Power Supply, and Coaxial ports.