DOCSIS config file-Configuration File and Registration Settings

DOCSIS config file-Configuration File and Registration Settings

7: Maximum Number of CPEs

The maximum number of CPEs which can be granted access through a CM during a CM epoch. The CM epoch is
the time between startup and hard reset of the modem. The maximum number of CPEs MUST be enforced by the
CM.
NOTE: This parameter should not be confused with the number of CPE addresses a CM may learn.

A modem may learn Ethernet MAC addresses up to its maximum number of CPE addresses (from
Section 9.1.2.1).

The maximum number of CPEs that are granted access through the modem is

governed by this configuration setting.

Type Length Value
18 1

The CM MUST interpret this value as an unsigned integer. The non-existence of this option, or the value 0, MUST
be interpreted by the CM as the default value of 1.

NOTE: This is a limit on the maximum number of CPEs a CM will grant access to. Hardware limitations
of a given modem implementation may require the modem to use a lower value.