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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7. Using the Wireless Network
This chapter contains application hints and additional information on some of
the supported network configurations.
Additional Information for Wireless Networks That
Communicate With Another Network
This section is for users who have configured a Symphony network to commu-
nicate with another network (e.g., an Ethernet network). The Symphony Con-
ductor performs a function called Transparent Bridging in this configuration.
Understanding Transparent Bridging
Transparent Bridging allows wireless computers to communicate with com-
puters on another network, such as a wired Ethernet network, as if all devices,
Ethernet and wireless, were attached to the same physical network.
In reality, the Symphony network and the wired Ethernet network use two dif-
ferent methods to communicate: one sends messages over a cable and the other
sends messages over radio waves. However, when the Conductor is running
on a computer that is connected to both networks and is operating in Transpar-
ent Bridging mode, all devices, wired and wireless, appear to be on the same
Local Area Network (LAN).
The Conductor allows devices to share network resources, such as files or
printers, with one another using the TCP/IP protocol. The program acts as an
intermediary between the two network cards installed in the Conductor com-
puter.
Configuring TCP/IP Settings for the Wireless Network
The Symphony adapter in a Conductor computer that performs Transparent
Bridging does not require any TCP/IP configuration. Simply configure the
Ethernet card installed in the Conductor computer as you would configure any
node on the Ethernet network.
However, you may need to manually configure each of the wireless client
computers.