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  • Page 1 Wireless-G Game Adapter Use this guide to install: WGA54G User Guide...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. Linksys is a registered trademark or Linksys declares that the Wireless-G Game Adapter conforms to the specifications listed trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other coun- below, following the provisions of the European R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC: tries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction The Wireless-G Game Adapter Features Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Wireless-G Game Adapter The Wireless-G Game Adapter’s Back Panel The Wireless-G Game Adapter’s Front Panel LEDs Chapter 3: Planning Your Wireless Network Network Topology Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode Chapter 4: Fast Setup Chapter 5: Setting Up the...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction The Wireless-G Game Adapter Appendix B: Glossary The Wireless-G Game Adapter gives any wired Ethernet-equipped game con- Appendix C: Specifications sole wireless connection capabilities. The Game Adapter can be used in two Environmental different ways. If you have an existing home wireless network and a cable or DSL Internet connection, the Game Adapter lets your PlayStation ®...

  • Page 5: Chapter 2: Getting To Know The Wireless-G Game Adapter

    Chapter 2: Getting to Know the The Wireless-G Game Adapter’s LEDs The Game Adapter’s LEDs display the activity on Wireless-G Game Adapter your network. Green. The Power LED will light up The Wireless-G Game Adapter’s Back Panel Power when the Game Adapter is powered The back panel is where you’ll connect the Game Adapter and find the Ad-hoc or Infrastructure switch, as well as the Reset button.

  • Page 6: Chapter 3: Planning Your Wireless Network

    Chapter 3: Planning Your Wireless If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only with the other computers on the wireless network, then the Ad-Hoc mode can be used. Ad-Hoc mode allows computers equipped with wireless transmitters Network and receivers to communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need for an access point.

  • Page 7: Chapter 4: Fast Setup

    Chapter 4: Fast Setup Chapter 5: Setting Up the Wireless-G Game Adapter Follow the directions in this chapter if you will use the Game Adapter to do one of the following: Connecting the Game Adapter to Your PC • play head-to-head with another game console •...

  • Page 8: Starting The Setup Wizard From Your Pc

    3. When the Game Adapter is located, you will be Starting the Setup Wizard from Your PC asked to enter the Game Adapter’s default pass- Next, you will configure the Wireless-G Game Adapter with your PC. The word, admin. Type the password in the field, as Setup Wizard will guide you through all the necessary steps.

  • Page 9: Advance Setup Wizard Configuration For Head-To-Head Play

    2. From the next screen, shown in Figure 5-7, select a radio button next to one 4. Now that the of the Easy selections. When setting up Adapter 1, click the radio button settings have beside Adapter 1. When setting up Adapter 2, click the radio button beside been verified, Adapter 2.
  • Page 10 2. From the next screen, shown in Figure 5-11, select a radio button next to the 4. On the next screen, shown in Figure 5-13, enter the IP settings appropriate Advanced | Manual Configuration selection. Then, click Next. for your network. Then, click Next to continue or Back to return to the pre- vious screen.

  • Page 11: Setup Wizard Configuration For Internet Play

    6. The following 2. The Basic Settings screen will now appear, as shown in Figure 5-17. Enter screen (shown your wireless network’s SSID and select the level of WEP encryption you in Figure 5-15) wish to apply to your data transmissions. Then, click Next to continue or confirms that Back to return to the previous screen.
  • Page 12 • You can also enter the WEP key manually in the Key field. If you are using 5. Confirm your changes to the Game Adapter’s settings on the following 64-bit WEP encryption, then the key must consist of exactly 10 hexadeci- screen, shown in Figure 5-20.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Game Adapter To Your Game Console

    Chapter 6: Using the Wireless-G Connecting the Game Adapter to Your Game Console Now that the Game Adapter is configured properly after you have followed the Game Adapter’s Web-based Utility directions in one of the previous three sections, you can connect to your game console and start gaming.

  • Page 14: Setup

    2. The Setup screen will appear, shown in Figure 6-2. Setup The Setup screen, shown in Figure 6-2, lets you configure the Game Adapter’s wireless network settings. Note: You may have to refresh this page to see any new settings. •...

  • Page 15: Wep Encryption

    An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses 64-bit or 128-bit keys to provide access control to your network and encryption secu- rity for every data transmission. To decode a data transmission, each device in a network must use an identical WEP key.

  • Page 16: Advanced

    • Keys 1-4 - If you are not using a Passphrase, then you can enter one or more WEP keys manually. In each key field, manually enter a set of values. (Do not leave a key field blank, and do not enter all zeroes. These are not valid key values.) If you are using 64-bit WEP encryption, then each key must consist of exactly 10 hexadecimal characters in length.

  • Page 17: Help

    • Mode - Select Mixed Mode and both Wireless-G and Wireless-B comput- Help ers will be allowed on the network, but speeds will be reduced. Select G- Only Mode for maximum speed, but no Wireless-B users will be allowed The Help screen offers links to all of the help information for the Web-based on the network.

  • Page 18: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Appendix A: Troubleshooting 6. After I make changes through the Web-based Utility, the new settings aren’t dis- played on-screen. Click the Refresh button of your web browser. If the new settings aren’t dis- Common Problems and Solutions played, then unplug the power adapter from the Game Adapter. Plug the power adapter back in, and then click the Refresh button again.
  • Page 19 Appendix B: Glossary Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization’s network. Using the Internet’s set of protocol, each machine that can connect to the Internet needs a unique IP address. When an organization sets up its computer users with a connection to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to each machine.
  • Page 20 Firmware - Code that is written onto read-only memory (ROM) or program- Network - A system that transmits any combination of voice, video and/or data mable read-only memory (PROM). Once firmware has been written onto the between users. ROM or PROM, it is retained even when the device is turned off. OFDM - Developed for wireless applications, Orthogonal Frequency Division Gateway - A device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible Multiplexing (OFDM) technology offers superior performance—increased...
  • Page 21 “system software” and “application software.” System software is made up of Appendix C: Specifications control programs such as the operating system and database management sys- tem (DBMS). Application software is any program that processes data for the Standards IEEE 802.11b, draft 802.11g user.
  • Page 22 Appendix D: Warranty Information Appendix E: Contact Information LIMITED WARRANTY For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Linksys warrants to the original end user purchaser (“You”) that, for a period of two years, Technical Support at one of the phone numbers listed on the Technical Support (the “Warranty Period”) Your Linksys product will be free of defects in materials and insert or one of the Internet addresses below: workmanship under normal use.
  • Page 23 © Copyright 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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