Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Presentation Gateway Use this guide to install: WPG11 User Guide
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Instant WirelessTM Series Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction The Linksys Wireless Presentation Gateway Features Package Contents 1 1 1 2 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Wireless Presentation Gateway The Wireless Presentation Gateway’s Ports The Wireless Presentation Gateway’s LEDs 3 3 4 Chapter 3: Connecting the Wireless Presentation Gateway 5 Chapter 4: Installing the Wireless Presentation Gateway’s Player Overview and Autorun Installing the Player Using the Player 6 6 7 8 Chapter 5: Trouble
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Presentation Gateway Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Wireless Presentation Gateway Package Contents The Wireless Presentation Gateway’s Ports Figure 1-1 • • • • • One Instant WirelessTM Wireless Presentation Gateway Two Removable Antennas One Power Adapter One Setup CD-ROM with User Guide Registration Card and Quick Installation (not shown) Figure 2-1 Reset Note: As with any video system, image quality is only as good as the weakest link in the video signal chain.
Instant WirelessTM Series The Wireless Presentation Gateway’s LEDs Wireless Presentation Gateway Chapter 3: Connecting the Wireless Presentation Gateway 1. Connect the serial cable, connected to your monitor or projector, to the Wireless Presentation Gateway’s “TO Monitor/Projector” console port. Figure 2-2 Power Red. The Power LED will light up when the Wireless Presentation Gateway is powered on. WLAN Act WLAN Link Green. The WLAN Act LED blinks when the Wireless Presentation Gateway is active. 2.
Instant WirelessTM Series Chapter 4: The Wireless Presentation Gateway’s Player Overview and Autorun With the Wireless Presentation Gateway’s Player, you can connect to the Wireless Presentation Gateway from any PC in your wireless network. To install the Player, insert the Setup CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD’s autorun program should start automatically, bringing up the screen shown in Figure 4-1. If the autorun does not start automatically, click the Start button, select Run, and type d:\setup.
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Presentation Gateway The Player will now install. When you see the final installation screen, like that shown in Figure 4-4, click the Finish button. Figure 4-6 Figure 4-4 The following screen, shown in Figure 4-7, will allow you to select which Wireless Presentation Gateway you will be using. If no Wireless Presentation Gateway is found, a screen will appear with instructions on how to manually detect the Wireless Presentation Gateway.
Instant WirelessTM Series The next screen, shown in Figure 4-8, allows you to select your Presentation Options. Basic Color allows faster speed with less color, while True Color gives you more color at a slower speed. Choose the option that works best with your presentation. Wireless Presentation Gateway Chapter 5: Troubleshooting This section provides possible solutions to problems regarding the installation and operation of the Wireless Presentation Gateway.
Instant WirelessTM Series What is Ad-hoc? An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to a central database, or wireless application for mobile workers.
Instant WirelessTM Series What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted.
Instant WirelessTM Series Ad-hoc versus Infrastructure Mode Unlike wired networks, wireless networks have two different modes in which they may be set up: Infrastructure and Ad-hoc. Choosing between these two modes depends on whether or not the wireless network needs to share data or peripherals with a wired network or not.
Instant WirelessTM Series Appendix C: Using the Wireless Presentation Gateway in HighSpeed Mode Wireless Ethernet Workgroup Bridge Notice that there is no Internet or Intranet connection allowed in High-Speed Mode. When High-Speed mode is not employed, however, Internet and Intranet access is functional, as shown in Figure C-2. The Wireless Presentation Gateway allows for High-Speed presentation transfer rates with its High-Speed Mode.
Instant WirelessTM Series Appendix D: Glossary Adapter - Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or connectivity to a PC. In a networked environment, a network interface card (NIC) is the typical adapter that allows the PC to connect to the intranet and/or Internet. Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network is a group of computers, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an independent 802.11 wireless LAN.
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Presentation Gateway Hardware - Hardware is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other information technology devices. The term arose as a way to distinguish the "box" and the electronic circuitry and components of a computer from the program you put in it to make it do things. The program came to be known as the software. Network - A system that transmits any combination of voice, video and/or data between users.
Instant WirelessTM Series TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic communication language or set of protocols for communications over a network (developed specifically for the Internet). TCP/IP defines a suite or group of protocols and not only TCP and IP. Topology - A network's topology is a logical characterization of how the devices on the network are connected and the distances between them. The most common network devices include hubs, switches, routers, and gateways.
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Presentation Gateway Appendix F: Warranty Information Appendix G: Contact Information BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE PRODUCT'S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below.
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