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
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5. Turn on the computer.
6. Select the Original Profile (or another profile you have created specifi-
cally for the office) at the Switcher prompt at boot-up.
The Location Switcher will restore all of your office LAN’s settings during
boot-up and the laptop will be ready to communicate with the office LAN
without further configuration.
Alternatively, you can change the profile setting by right-clicking the Location
Switcher icon or by clicking the <Switch> button in the Switcher configura-
tion screen and restarting the computer when prompted.
Moving a Laptop Computer From the Office to the Home
Follow these steps when moving a computer from the office to the home:
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Remove the office network card from the PCMCIA slot or undock the lap-
top.
3. Take the computer home.
4. Insert the Symphony HomeRF PC Card into the PCMCIA socket.
5. Turn on the computer.
6. Select the Symphony Profile at the Switcher prompt at boot-up.
The Location Switcher will restore all of the Symphony settings during
boot-up, and the laptop will be ready to communicate with the wireless net-
work without further configuration.
Alternatively, you can change the profile setting by right-clicking the Switcher
icon or by clicking the <Switch> button in the Switcher configuration screen
and restarting the computer when prompted.