Connect a PWT to the internet wirelessly
How To...
Connecting your new PerfectWave Transport to the internet is how you download song titles and cover art when you play a CD. Accessing the internet is easy is you have a home wired for network connections: just simply plug the PWT into any internet capable Ethernet connection and the PWT (or the PowerPlay unit) does the rest automatically. But some homes use only wireless to connect to the internet. When this is the case, you need a wireless Ethernet Bridge (access point) to connect the PWT to your wireless router.
A wireless network access point (wireless Ethernet bridge) are all about the same thing: they can connect any device that has an ethernet connection, using wireless technology, to a wireless router. You can read about our favorite bridge here: http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WET610n. This one is about $100 retail.
To make this work, you need to have a wireless router in the first place. Wireless routers are inexpensive and easy to setup and allow wireless access to your internet connnection throughout the home. These routers are available at Best Buy, Staples, Off ice depot or over the internet. Once connected and configured, you have access to the internet from any device that has WiFi capability (such as an iPod Touch, iPhone, laptop etc.)
If you wish to connect an ethernet capable device, such as the PerfectWave Transport to the internet, you will need to connect its Ethernet port to an internet capable connection, either through a CAT5 cable or through a wireless access point.
Using a wireless access point, or Ethernet Bridge (like the one pictured by Linksys) is easy. Use a short CAT5 cable to connect the PWT to the Bridge. Connect power to the Bridge and follow the setup instructions provided with the Linksys. An overview of the setup process would show that once the Linksys device is powered up, it will immediately communicate with your wireless router automatically.
All you need to do at this point is help the two communicate. To do this, you’ll insert the setup CD into your computer (the Linksys comes with this setup CD) and follow the few simple steps for setup using a wizard.
Once configured, the PWT will connect to the internet and you will see a "connected to the internet" affirmation on the top of the PWT touch screen.
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