User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Product Description 2
- The Product Package 3
- System Requirements 4
- Network Requirements 4
- Note to Customers Who Have a Symphony HomeRF Base Station 5
- Interoperability Between Symphony Products 5
- What Is Wireless Networking? 7
- Supported Configurations 8
- Pre-installation Considerations 11
- Installation Procedure 12
- Composer Features 16
- Conductor Management and Configuration Features 23
- Networking Features 27
- Administrative Features 30
- Default Switcher Profiles 31
- Location Switcher Icon 32
- Switching Between Profiles 34
- Editing a Profile 34
- Creating and Deleting Profiles 37
- Examples of When to Use Profiles 37
- Additional Information for Wireless Networks That Communicate With Another Network 39
- Sharing a Dial-up Modem 40
- Application Hints 44
- Common Installation Problems 49
- USB Adapter’s LED Indicator 53
- Introduction
- Wireless Networking for the Home & Small Office
- Installation
- Symphony Composer Installation Wizard
- Symphony Maestro Configuration Tool
- Symphony Location Switcher
- Using the Wireless Network
- Uninstalling Symphony Software
- Troubleshooting
- A. How to Reach Technical Support
- B. Specifications
- C. Regulatory Information
8
Supported Configurations
During installation, the Symphony Composer Installation Wizard will attempt
to automatically identify your Symphony network’s configuration type. Listed
below are the four supported configurations for a Symphony HomeRF adapter:
❑ A Wireless Network Using the Symphony HomeRF Base Station
❑ A Wireless Network Sharing a Modem
❑ A Wireless Network Communicating with Another Network (e.g., an
Ethernet network)
❑ A Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network
All four options will establish file and printer sharing among computers but
each provides a different degree of connectivity to the Internet or to a small
Ethernet network.
If you have a Symphony HomeRF Base Station, please refer to the Symphony
HomeRF Base Station User’s Manual for installation and configuration infor-
mation.
This manual describes the installation and configuration of a network that con-
sists of Symphony HomeRF adapters only. In other words, any Symphony
HomeRF network that does not include the Symphony HomeRF Base Station.
Wireless Network Sharing a Modem
A Symphony network may be configured to allow one computer to share its
Internet access with the other members of the network. If you already have an
internal or external dial-up modem connected to one of your computers or an
external DSL or cable modem, which is connected to an Ethernet card
installed in one of your computers, then you can share this modem with the
rest of the wireless computers, as depicted below: