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The Setup Tab

Wireless-G Music Bridge

The Setup Tab

The first screen that appears displays the Setup tab. This allows you to change the Bridge's general settings.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Apply

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

to cancel

your changes. Click the

Help

button if you need more information.

LAN

The Internet Setup section configures the Bridge to your Internet connection. Most of this information can be

obtained through your ISP.

Firmware

. The Firmware version is displayed here.

Regulatory Domain

. The regulatory’s domain is displayed here.

Device Name

. The name that you want to call your Bridge goes here. You may enter a name up to 19 characters.

MAC Address

. The Bridge’s MAC Address is displayed here.

Configuration Type

.

Choose the configuration type that your network uses.

Automatic Configuration - DHCP

. If your network uses a router or other DHCP server and assigns your IP

address automatically, select

Automatic Configuration - DHCP

.

Static IP Address

. If your network doesn’t use a router or other DHCP server and uses a permanent IP

address to connect to the Internet, select

Static IP Address

.

IP Address

. This is the Bridge’s IP address, when seen from the Internet. Your ISP will provide you with

the IP Address you need to specify here.

Subnet Mask

. This is the Bridge’s Subnet Mask, as seen by users on the Internet (including your ISP).

Your ISP will provide you with the Subnet Mask.

Default Gateway

. Your ISP will provide you with the Gateway Address, which is the ISP server’s IP

address.

Figure 6-2: Setup - Infrastructure

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The Search Tab

Wireless-G Music Bridge

Wireless

The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

MAC Address

. Your Bridge’s MAC Address is displayed here.

Wireless Mode

. From this drop-down menu, you can select from Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode. If you’ll be

connecting to a Bridge or access point, select

Infrastructure

. If you’ll be connecting directly to another wireless

device without using a Bridge or access point, select

Ad-Hoc

. If you’re using a wired connection, click

Disabled

.

Channel

. (For Ad-Hoc networks only.) Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with

your network settings.

Network Mode

. (For Ad-Hoc networks only.) From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards

running on your network. If you have both 802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network, keep the default setting,

Mixed

. If you have only 802.11g devices, select

Wireless-G-Only

.

Wireless Network Name (SSID)

. Enter the network name shared among all devices in your wireless network. If

you don’t remember the network name or you have more than one network, you may search for the network by

clicking the

Search

button.

Security

. If you have security enabled on your wireless network, select

Enabled

. If you don’t use security on your

wireless network, select

Disabled

. To change the security settings on your Bridge, click

Edit Security Settings

.

The Search Tab

If you clicked the Search button to search for your network, this screeen will be displayed. Select your network

from the list and click

Connect

.

Click

Close

to return to the previous screen. Click

Refresh

to refresh the screen. Click

Help

for more information.

Figure 6-4: Search

Figure 6-3: Setup - Ad-Hoc

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The Security Tab

Wireless-G Music Bridge

The Security Tab

Two methods of security are available if your network uses security: WEP and PSK. WEP is a basic encryption

method, which is not as secure as PSK (Pre-Shared Key).

WEP

To use WEP encryption, select

40/64 bit (10 hex digits)

or

104/128 bit (26 hex digit)

from the drop-down

menu, and enter a passphrase or WEP key.

Passphrase

. Instead of manually entering a WEP key, you can enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a

WEP key is automatically generated. This case-sensitive passphrase must match the passphrase of your other

wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If you have any non-Linksys

wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)

WEP Key

. The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. If you are using 64-bit WEP

encryption, then the key must consist of exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. If you are using 128-bit WEP

encryption, then the key must consist of exactly 26 hexadecimal characters. Valid hexadecimal characters are

“0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.

TX Key

. The default transmit key number is 1. If your network’s access point or wireless router uses transmit key

number 2, 3, or 4, select the appropriate number from the

TX Key

drop-down box.

Authentication

. The default is set to

Auto

, where it auto-detects for

Shared Key

or

Open

system.

Shared Key is

when both the sender and the recipient share a WEP key for authentication. Open key is when the sender and the

recipient do not share a WEP key for authentication. All points on your network must use the same authentication

type.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Apply

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

to cancel

your changes. Click the

Help

button if you need more information.

PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

PSK (Pre-Shared Key) offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the

type of algorithm,

TKIP

or

AES

. Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters.

Encryption

- Select the type of algorithm you want to use,

TKIP

or

AES

,

from the

Encryption

drop-down menu.

Passphrase

- Enter a Passphrase, also called a pre-shared key, of 8-63 characters in the

Passphrase

field.

.

Figure 6-5: Security - WEP

Figure 6-6: Security - PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

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The Password Tab

Wireless-G Music Bridge

Change these settings as described here and click the

Apply

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

to cancel

your changes. Click the

Help

button if you need more information.

The Password Tab

Password

You can change the Bridge’s password from here. Enter a new password and then type it again in the

Confirm

field to confirm.

Factory Defaults

If you want to reset the Bridge to to its original default settings and lose all of the settings that you have set, you

can click the

Restore Factory Defaults

button.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Apply

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

to cancel

your changes. Click the

Help

button if you need more information.

The Advanced Tab

This screen is used to configure the advanced settings and should only be used by advanced users.

Transmission Rate

. The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless

network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select

Auto

to have the Bridge

automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will

negotiate the best possible connection speed between the Bridge and a wireless client. The default value is

Auto

.

Fragmentation Threshold

. This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into

multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase the Fragmentation

Threshold. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance. Only minor

reduction of the default value is recommended. In most cases, it should remain at its default value of

2346

.

RTS Threshold

. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reduction of the default value,

2347

, is

recommended. If a network packet is smaller than the preset RTS threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will

Figure 6-7: Password

Figure 6-8: Advanced

Important:

Resetting the Music Bridge will erase all of your settings and replace them with

the factory defaults. Do not reset the Bridge if you want to retain these settings.

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The Status Tab

Wireless-G Music Bridge

not be enabled. The Bridge sends Request to Send (RTS) frames to a particular receiving station and negotiates

the sending of a data frame. After receiving an RTS, the wireless station responds with a Clear to Send (CTS)

frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. The RTS Threshold value should remain at its default value

of

2347

.

Change these settings as described here and click the

Apply

button to apply your changes or

Cancel

to cancel

your changes. Click the

Help

button if you need more information.

The Status Tab

The Status Tab displays your Bridge’s current status and its settings.

The Firmware, Regulatory Domain, Device Name. The local network’s MAC Address, Configuration Type, IP

Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, will be displayed. The wireless network’s MAC Address, SSID, Wireless

Mode, Channel, Network Mode, and Security will be displayed.

Firmware

. The Bridge’s current firmware version is displayed here.

Regulatory Domain

.

The regulatory’s domain is displayed here.

Device Name

. This is the specific name for the Bridge that you set on the Setup Tab.

LAN

MAC Address

. This is the Bridge’s LAN MAC Address.

Configuration Type

. This shows the network configuration type used by the Bridge.

IP Address

. This shows the Bridge’s IP Address, as it appears on your local, Ethernet network.

Subnet Mask

. This shows the Bridge’s Subnet Mask.

Default Gateway.

This shows the Bridge’s Default Gateway.

Wireless

MAC Address

. This is the Bridge’s wireless MAC Address.

Wireless Network Name (SSID)

. This is the wireless network that the Bridge connects to.

Figure 6-9: Status