Linksys WMCE54AG manual Introduction, Welcome, What’s in this Guide?

Dual-Band Wireless A/G Media Center Extender

Chapter 1: Introduction

Welcome

Thank you for choosing the Dual-Band Wireless A/G Media Center Extender. The Extender lets you send digital video, pictures, and music from your Media Center PC to your TV, without running cables through the house. Plus you get to watch and pause live TV shows, or you can digitally record them so you can watch them later.

How does the Extender do all of this? It sits by your home TV and connects to it using standard video and audio cables. Then it connects to your home network via Wireless-A (802.11a) or Wireless-G (802.11g) networking, or if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the Extender’s remote control and the user-friendly TV menus, you can browse through TV listings, recordings, digital music tracks, and more.

Use the instructions in this User Guide to help you integrate the Extender into your network. These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Dual-Band Wireless A/G Media Center Extender.

What’s in this Guide?

This user guide covers the steps for setting up and using the Extender.

•Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter describes the Extender’s applications and this User Guide.

•Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Media Center Extender

This chapter describes the physical features of the Extender and its remote control.

•Chapter 3: Connecting the Media Center Extender This chapter explains how to connect the Extender.

802.11a: a wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 54Mbps and an operating frequency of 5GHz.

802.11g: a wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 54Mbps, an operating frequency of 2.4GHz, and backward compatibility with 802.11b devices.

ethernet: an IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium.

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Welcome