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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Product Description
The Symphony HomeRF adapters are members of a product family that pro-
vides a complete wireless networking solution for the home or small office.
Symphony HomeRF Hardware Products
❑ Symphony HomeRF PC Card Model 4440: a 3.3-volt Type II
PCMCIA card that ships with a snap-on antenna.
❑ Symphony HomeRF USB Adapter Model 4240: a wireless adapter
that connects to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port with a 6-foot
cable; the adapter has a built-in antenna.
❑ Symphony HomeRF Base Station Model 4940: a stand-alone net-
working bridge that connects to an external Ethernet device to pro-
vide Internet access to the wireless network over a high-speed
connection using ISDN, DSL, service from a local cable company, or
a similar access medium. The Base Station may also attach to a small
Ethernet LAN to provide network connectivity between Ethernet
nodes and wireless computers.
Software Products
Proxim ships several software tools with the Symphony HomeRF adapters to
make installation and configuration simple and hassle-free.
❑ The Symphony Composer Installation Wizard guides the user
through the setup and configuration of a Symphony network during
the initial installation or following an upgrade from an earlier version
of the Symphony software. The Composer Installation Wizard is
described in Chapter 4.
❑ The Symphony Maestro Configuration Tool allows the user to con-
figure the settings and monitor the status of the Symphony network.
The Maestro Configuration Tool is described in Chapter 5.
❑ The Symphony Conductor Modem Sharing Software allows one
computer to share its installed modem or Ethernet card with other
computers on the wireless network.