User manual

Appendix B

Wireless Networking

As mentioned in Appendix A, one of the most common problems encountered

by users involves getting their host computers’ wireless network settings di-

aled in correctly. How you go ab out performing this setup depends on exactly

how you will be using the transmitter, so the following sections will detail the

diﬀerent possible conﬁgurations and how to get them up and running. The

provided instructions are for the standard wireless implementation used by

Windows XP as most computers will be using this system - if you are using

another interface the speciﬁcs may be diﬀerent but the basic procedures will

be similar.

B.1 Network Types

WiFi networks can operate in one of two basic mo des which determine the

manner in which devices communicate with one another and have several

ramiﬁcations on how you can use your transmitter. Infrastructure networks

are based around a cental access point that all devices connecting to the

network must use for communication. This central control can make the

setup process simpler, however it requires an additional piece of hardware

that must be present for the network to work. When that is not feasible,

WiFi networks can also operate in an Ad-Hoc mode that allows individual

devices to communicate with one another directly. The lack of a central

control p oint means that setup can be more diﬃcult, however it also means

that you don’t need anything other than your laptop and camera to use the