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Knowing Your Router Wireless฀G฀USB฀ Network฀Adapter Belkin฀Tech฀Support US:฀877.736.5771฀ 310.898.1100฀ext.฀2263 Europe:฀00฀800฀223฀55฀460 Australia:฀1800฀666฀040 Belkin,฀Ltd. 7฀Bowen฀Crescent฀•฀West฀Gosford NSW฀2250฀•฀Australia Tel:฀฀+61฀(0)฀2฀4372฀8600 Fax:฀+61฀(0)฀2฀4372฀8603 Belkin฀Corporation 501฀West฀Walnut฀Street Compton฀•฀CA฀•฀90220฀•฀USA Tel:฀฀310.898.1100 Fax:฀310.898.1111 Belkin฀Components฀B.V.
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Wireless฀G฀USB฀ Network฀Adapter Connect฀your฀desktop฀or฀notebook฀ computer฀to฀a฀FAST฀wireless฀network User฀Manual Mbps 802.11g 2.
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀. 1 Benefits฀of฀a฀Home฀Network .฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀ 1 Advantages฀of฀setting฀up฀a฀Belkin฀Wireless฀Network฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀ 1 Placement฀of฀your฀Wireless฀Networking฀฀ Hardware฀for฀Optimal฀Performance฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀ 2 Important฀Factors฀for฀Placement฀and฀Setup฀ .฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀ 2 Features฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 •฀฀ Share฀one฀high-speed฀Internet฀connection฀with฀all฀the฀computers฀ in฀your฀home 5 •฀฀ Share฀resources,฀such฀as฀files,฀and฀hard฀drives฀among฀all฀the฀ connected฀computers฀in฀your฀home 6 •฀฀ Share฀a฀single฀printer฀with฀the฀entire฀family฀ •฀฀ Share฀documents,฀music,฀video,฀and฀digital฀pictures฀ 7 •฀฀ Store,฀retrieve,฀and฀copy฀files฀from฀one฀computer฀to฀another •฀฀ Simultaneously฀play฀games฀online,฀check฀Internet฀e-mail,฀฀ and฀chat฀ Here are some of the advantages of settin
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Introduction Placement of your Wireless Networking Hardware for Optimal Performance Your฀wireless฀connection฀will฀be฀stronger฀the฀closer฀your฀computer฀ is฀to฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point).฀Typical฀indoor฀operating฀ range฀for฀your฀wireless฀devices฀is฀between฀100฀and฀200฀feet.฀In฀the฀ same฀way,฀your฀wireless฀connection฀and฀performance฀will฀degrade฀ somewhat฀as฀the฀distance฀between฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀ Point)฀and฀connected฀devices฀increases.฀This฀may฀or฀may฀not฀be฀ noticeable฀to฀you.
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Introduction In฀multistory฀homes,฀place฀the฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀ on฀a฀floor฀that฀is฀as฀close฀to฀the฀center฀of฀the฀home฀as฀possible.฀ This฀may฀mean฀placing฀the฀Router฀on฀an฀upper฀floor. •฀฀ Try฀not฀to฀place฀the฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀near฀a฀ cordless฀2.4GHz฀phone. 2. Avoid Obstacles and Interference 1 2 3 4 Avoid฀placing฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀or฀Access฀Point฀near฀devices฀that฀ may฀emit฀radio฀“noise”,฀such฀as฀microwave฀ovens.
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Introduction 4. Choose the “quietest” channel for your wireless network In฀locations฀where฀homes฀or฀offices฀are฀close฀together,฀such฀as฀ apartment฀buildings฀or฀office฀complexes,฀there฀may฀be฀wireless฀ networks฀nearby฀that฀can฀conflict฀with฀yours.฀Use฀the฀Site฀Survey฀ capabilities฀of฀your฀Wireless฀LAN฀Utility฀to฀locate฀any฀other฀wireless฀ networks฀(see฀page฀16฀of฀this฀manual),฀and฀move฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀ (or฀Access฀Point)฀and฀computers฀to฀a฀channel฀as฀far฀away฀from฀other฀ networks฀as฀possible.
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Introduction These฀guidelines฀should฀allow฀you฀to฀cover฀the฀maximum฀possible฀ area฀with฀your฀Wireless฀Router.฀Should฀you฀need฀to฀cover฀an฀ even฀wider฀area,฀please฀go฀to฀the฀networking฀product฀section฀on฀ (www.belkin.com/networking)฀for฀more฀details฀on฀Belkin’s฀Wireless฀ Range฀Extender/Access฀Point. For฀more฀information฀regarding฀our฀networking฀products,฀visit฀our฀website฀ at฀www.belkin.com/networking฀or฀call฀our฀Technical฀Support.
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Introduction Features The฀Adapter฀complies฀with฀the฀IEEE฀802.11g฀standard฀in฀order฀฀ to฀communicate฀with฀other฀802.11g฀and฀802.11b-compliant฀฀ wireless฀devices. •฀฀ 2.4GHz฀ISM฀(Industrial,฀Science,฀and฀Medical)฀band฀operation •฀฀ Integrated,฀easy-to-use฀profile฀manager฀for฀storing฀multiple฀ wireless฀network฀settings฀for฀work,฀school,฀home,฀or฀any฀฀ other฀setup •฀฀ USB฀2.
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Introduction •฀฀ Temporary฀LANs฀for฀special฀projects฀or฀peak฀time฀฀ Sets฀up฀temporary฀networks฀such฀as฀at฀trade฀shows,฀exhibitions,฀ and฀constructions฀sites,฀which฀need฀networks฀on฀a฀short-term฀ basis;฀also฀companies฀who฀need฀additional฀workstations฀for฀a฀ peak฀activity฀period. SOHO฀(Small฀Office/Home฀Office)฀networking฀needs฀฀ Provides฀the฀easy฀and฀quick฀small฀network฀installation฀SOHO฀ users฀need. 2 3 4 5 Product Specifications Host฀Interface:฀ ฀ 1 USB฀2.
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Knowing your Wireless USB Network Adapter Protective Cap Activity LED Blinking Green: Scanning Off: No Activity On: Connected to network USB Adapter Desktop stand (Optional Use) The฀cap฀can฀be฀stored฀on฀the฀ opposite฀end฀of฀the฀USB฀connector. The฀cap฀snaps฀over฀the฀USB฀ connector฀for฀protection.
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Installing and setting up the USB Network Adapter Step 1 1 Install the Software 1.1 Insert฀the฀CD฀into฀your฀CD-ROM฀drive. 1.2฀฀The฀Belkin฀Wireless฀USB฀Network฀Adapter฀Setup฀Utility฀screen฀will฀ automatically฀appear.฀If฀it฀does฀not฀appear฀within฀15–20฀seconds,฀ then฀select฀your฀CD-ROM฀drive฀and฀double-click฀on฀the฀folder฀ named฀“Files”.฀Next฀double-click฀on฀the฀icon฀named฀“Start.exe”. 1.
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Installing and setting up the USB Network Adapter 1.6฀฀When฀the฀installer฀is฀done฀installing฀ the฀software,฀you฀will฀see฀the฀following฀ screen.฀Click฀“Finish”. Step 2 Connect the USB Adapter to your PC 2.1 ฀After฀the฀software฀installation฀is฀ finished,฀the฀message฀“You฀can฀plug฀฀ in฀your฀WLAN฀adapter฀now”฀will฀appear.฀ Plug฀the฀Adapter฀into฀an฀available฀฀ USB฀port฀on฀your฀desktop฀or฀฀ notebook฀computer.
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Installing and setting up the USB Network Adapter Step 3 Let Windows Finish the Installation Windows฀will฀detect฀that฀new฀hardware฀ has฀been฀installed.฀Depending฀on฀your฀ version฀of฀Windows,฀a฀window฀similar฀ to฀the฀one฀pictured฀here฀will฀appear.฀ Select฀the฀option฀“Install฀the฀software฀ automatically฀(Recommended)”฀and฀ click฀“Next”. 3.2฀฀If฀you฀are฀using฀Windows฀2000฀or฀ Windows฀XP,฀you฀will฀see฀a฀message฀ similar฀to฀this฀one.฀This฀DOES฀NOT฀ mean฀there฀is฀a฀problem.฀Click฀ “Continue฀Anyway”.
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Installing Uninstalling and setting the Software up the USB and Network DriversAdapter 3.5฀ A฀small฀icon฀in฀your฀system฀tray฀(bottom฀right฀corner฀of฀most฀ screens)฀will฀appear.฀This฀is฀your฀shortcut฀to฀the฀Belkin฀Wireless฀ Monitor.฀It฀also฀indicates฀the฀status฀of฀your฀connection: Red:฀฀N o฀connection฀to฀a฀wireless฀network฀ ฀฀ Blue:฀Connected฀to฀a฀wireless฀network.
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Uninstalling the Software and Drivers If฀you฀need฀to฀remove฀the฀software฀and฀drivers฀for฀any฀reason,฀you฀ can฀easily฀accomplish฀this฀in฀one฀of฀two฀ways.฀You฀can฀insert฀the฀ software฀CD฀and฀click฀on฀the฀“Uninstall”฀option฀in฀the฀menu,฀or฀you฀ can฀go฀to฀the฀Windows฀Control฀Panel฀and฀select฀the฀“Add/Remove฀ Programs”฀option.฀The฀Belkin฀Wizard฀will฀walk฀you฀through฀the฀฀ removal฀process.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility When฀you฀launch฀the฀Wireless฀LAN฀Monitor฀Utility฀(the฀Utility),฀you฀will฀ be฀presented฀with฀the฀screen฀below.฀The฀following฀small฀icon฀will฀also฀ be฀present฀in฀your฀system฀tray. Double-clicking฀on฀the฀icon฀in฀the฀system฀tray฀will฀open฀the฀Wireless฀ Monitor฀window. USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS MONITOR UTILITY Status Tab When฀the฀utility฀is฀on฀your฀desktop,฀you฀can฀control฀your฀USB฀adapter฀ through฀the฀utility.฀The฀first฀tab฀you฀will฀see฀is฀the฀“Status”฀tab.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility 1 (a) Current Profile String This฀indicates฀the฀name฀of฀the฀profile฀you฀are฀currently฀using,฀if฀any.฀If฀ a฀question฀mark฀appears฀next฀to฀the฀text฀in฀this฀box,฀it฀indicates฀that฀ there฀is฀no฀profile฀set฀up฀for฀the฀network฀you฀are฀currently฀connected฀ to.฀The฀name฀of฀the฀network฀you฀are฀connected฀to฀will฀be฀displayed฀in฀ this฀box฀if฀no฀profile฀for฀that฀network฀exists.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Access Point (AP) List Tab To฀view฀a฀list฀of฀all฀available฀networks฀in฀your฀area,฀select฀the฀“AP฀ List”฀tab.฀In฀the฀window,฀you฀will฀be฀presented฀with฀a฀list฀showing฀you฀ the฀available฀networks. (a) (b) (c) (e) (d) (f) (g) (a) Network Name This฀column฀shows฀you฀the฀name฀of฀the฀wireless฀network฀that฀is฀ available.฀On฀the฀left฀side฀of฀the฀network฀name฀are฀small฀icons฀which฀ tell฀you฀certain฀things฀about฀the฀network.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility 1 (d) Site Information When฀you฀highlight฀a฀network฀name฀in฀the฀AP฀list฀by฀clicking฀on฀it฀ one฀time,฀the฀detailed฀information฀about฀that฀network฀will฀be฀available฀ here.฀You฀will฀see฀what฀type฀of฀network฀it฀is฀(Access฀Point฀or฀Peer-toPeer),฀what฀channel฀the฀network฀is฀operating฀on,฀status฀of฀encryption฀ (security)฀On฀or฀Off,฀and฀below฀“Surveyed฀at:”฀you฀will฀see฀the฀MAC฀ address฀of฀that฀wireless฀network.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Creating a new Profile 1.฀฀ Click฀“Add”฀to฀open฀the฀new฀profile฀screen.฀Type฀in฀a฀name฀for฀ the฀profile.฀The฀name฀can฀be฀anything฀you฀want.฀You฀should฀pick฀ something฀easy฀to฀remember฀like฀“Work”,฀for฀your฀work฀network฀ or฀“Home”,฀for฀your฀home฀network.฀Click฀“Next”฀to฀continue. 2.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility (b)฀฀ In฀the฀“Network฀Type”฀box,฀select฀the฀type฀of฀network฀you฀will฀฀ 1 be฀connecting฀to.฀Select฀“Access฀Point”฀if฀it฀is฀a฀network฀with฀฀ a฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point฀(This฀is฀most฀common).฀Select฀฀ “Peer-to-Peer”฀if฀this฀is฀a฀direct฀connection฀to฀another฀computer. 2 (c)฀฀ In฀the฀“Transfer฀Rate”฀box,฀it฀is฀suggested฀that฀you฀leave฀this฀ 3 on฀“Automatic”฀unless฀there฀is฀a฀specific฀need฀to฀change฀฀ this฀setting.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility (b)฀฀ After฀selecting฀the฀Authentication฀Mode,฀select฀the฀encryption฀ type฀your฀network฀uses฀from฀the฀Encryption฀drop-down฀menu.฀ Please฀see฀the฀section฀of฀this฀manual฀titled฀“Securing฀your฀ Wireless฀Network”฀on฀page฀26฀for฀information฀on฀which฀type฀฀ of฀WEP฀encryption฀to฀use.฀Click฀“Next”. (b) (c)฀฀ The฀next฀screen฀allows฀you฀to฀select฀the฀key฀input฀method,฀ either฀Alphanumeric,฀Hexadecimal฀or฀Passphrase.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility (d)฀฀ Enter฀the฀key฀in฀the฀“Key”฀box฀and฀select฀the฀key฀to฀use฀in฀ the฀“Key฀Index”฀drop-down฀menu.฀This฀information฀should฀be฀ provided฀by฀your฀network฀administrator.฀ ฀ TIP:฀Most฀keys฀use฀Key฀Index฀1. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 (e)฀ Click฀“Complete”฀to฀save฀the฀profile.฀To฀begin฀using฀your฀ new฀profile,฀highlight฀the฀profile฀name฀by฀clicking฀on฀the฀ name฀one฀time,฀then฀click฀“Connect”.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility How to find and connect to a wireless network 1.฀฀ Open฀the฀Wireless฀Monitor฀window฀by฀double-clicking฀the฀icon฀in฀ your฀system฀tray. 2.฀฀ Click฀on฀the฀“AP฀List”฀tab (a).฀This฀will฀display฀a฀list฀of฀all฀of฀the฀ networks฀in฀your฀area. (a) (b) 3.฀฀ Double-click฀on฀the฀network฀you฀want฀to฀connect฀to.฀A฀blue฀circle฀ (b) ฀ ฀should฀appear฀around฀the฀network฀icon฀next฀to฀the฀name฀ of฀the฀network฀you฀selected.฀This฀means฀you฀are฀connected฀to฀ the฀network.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility 1 Windows XP Users If฀you฀are฀using฀Windows฀XP,฀please฀read฀this฀section. Disabling the Belkin Wireless Network Monitor Utility in Windows XP 1.฀ Right-click฀on฀the฀system฀tray฀icon. 2.฀ In฀the฀menu,฀select฀“Enable฀Windows฀Zero฀Configuration฀(WZC)”฀฀ 3.฀ To฀enable฀the฀Belkin฀Utility,฀right-click฀on฀the฀system฀tray฀icon. 4.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Setting Up Windows XP Wireless Network Utility to Use WPA-PSK ฀ In฀order฀to฀use฀WPA-PSK,฀ensure฀that฀you฀are฀using฀“Windows฀ Wireless฀Network฀Utility”฀by฀doing฀the฀following:฀ 1.฀ Right-click฀on฀“Wireless฀Network฀Connection”฀and฀select฀“Properties”. 2.฀ Clicking฀on฀the฀“Wireless฀Networks”฀tab฀will฀display฀the฀following฀ screen.฀Ensure฀the฀“Use฀Windows฀to฀configure฀my฀wireless฀ network฀settings”฀check฀box฀is฀checked. 3.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility 1 2 3 4 6 7 4.฀ For฀home฀or฀small฀business฀users฀select฀“WPA-PSK”฀under฀ “Network฀Authentication”. Note: Select฀WPA฀if฀you฀are฀using฀this฀computer฀to฀connect฀to฀a฀ corporate฀network฀that฀supports฀an฀authentication฀server฀such฀฀ as฀a฀radius฀server,฀please฀consult฀your฀network฀administrator฀for฀ further฀information. 5.฀ Select฀“TKIP”฀or฀“AES”฀under฀“Data฀Encryption”.฀This฀setting฀will฀ have฀to฀be฀identical฀to฀the฀wireless฀router฀that฀you฀set฀up. 6.
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Securing your Wireless Network Securing your Wireless Network Here฀are฀a฀few฀different฀ways฀to฀maximize฀the฀security฀of฀your฀wireless฀ network฀and฀protect฀your฀data฀from฀unwanted฀intrusions.฀This฀section฀is฀ intended฀for฀the฀home,฀home฀office,฀and฀small฀office฀user.฀At฀the฀time฀of฀ publication,฀three฀encryption฀methods฀are฀available.
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Securing your Wireless Network Most฀wireless฀products฀ship฀with฀security฀turned฀off.฀So฀once฀you฀have฀ your฀network฀working,฀you฀may฀need฀to฀activate฀WEP฀or฀WPA฀and฀ make฀sure฀all฀your฀wireless฀devices฀are฀sharing฀the฀same฀network฀key. The฀following฀diagram฀shows฀the฀effect฀of฀not฀having฀the฀correct฀ network฀key฀throughout฀your฀network.
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Securing your Wireless Network WEP Setup 64-Bit WEP Encryption 1.฀฀ Select฀“64-bit฀WEP”฀from฀the฀drop-down฀menu. 2. ฀ After฀selecting฀your฀WEP฀encryption฀mode,฀you฀can฀enter฀your฀ key฀by฀typing฀in฀the฀hex฀key฀manually,฀or฀you฀can฀type฀in฀a฀ passphrase฀in฀the฀“Passphrase”฀field฀and฀click฀“Generate”฀to฀ create฀a฀key.฀ A฀hex฀(hexadecimal)฀key฀is฀a฀mixture฀of฀numbers฀and฀letters฀from฀ A–F฀and฀0–9.฀For฀64-bit฀WEP,฀you฀need฀to฀enter฀10฀hex฀keys.฀ For฀instance: AF0F4BC3D4฀=฀64-bit฀WEP฀Key 3.
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Securing your Wireless Network 1 128-Bit WEP Encryption 1. Select฀“128-bit฀WEP”฀from฀the฀drop-down฀menu. 2. After฀selecting฀your฀WEP฀encryption฀mode,฀you฀can฀enter฀your฀ key฀manually฀by฀typing฀in฀the฀hex฀key฀manually,฀or฀you฀can฀type฀ in฀a฀passphrase฀in฀the฀“Passphrase”฀field฀and฀click฀“Generate”฀to฀ create฀a฀key. A฀hex฀(hexadecimal)฀key฀is฀a฀mixture฀of฀numbers฀and฀letters฀from฀ A–F฀and฀0–9.฀For฀128-bit฀WEP,฀you฀need฀to฀enter฀26฀hex฀keys. For฀instance: 3 4 5 6 7 8 3.฀฀ Click฀“Apply฀Changes”฀to฀finish.
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Troubleshooting I can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly If฀you฀are฀unable฀to฀connect฀to฀the฀Internet฀from฀a฀wireless฀ computer,฀please฀check฀the฀following฀items: 1.฀฀L ook฀at฀the฀lights฀on฀your฀Wireless฀Router.฀If฀you’re฀using฀a฀ Belkin฀Wireless฀Router,฀the฀lights฀should฀be฀as฀follows: •฀The฀“Power”฀light฀should฀be฀on. •฀The฀“Connected”฀light฀should฀be฀on,฀and฀not฀blinking. •฀The฀“WAN”฀light฀should฀be฀either฀on฀or฀blinking.
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Troubleshooting I can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly (continued) 1 The name of your wireless network appears in AP List 2 If฀the฀correct฀network฀name฀is฀listed฀in฀the฀AP฀List,฀please฀follow฀ the฀steps฀below฀to฀connect฀wirelessly: 3 1.฀฀C lick฀on฀the฀correct฀network฀name฀in฀the฀AP฀list฀and฀then฀฀ click฀“Connect”.฀ 2.
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Troubleshooting If฀you฀are฀still฀unable฀to฀access฀the฀Internet฀after฀completing฀these฀ steps,฀please฀contact฀Belkin฀Technical฀Support. Installation CD-ROM does not start Setup Utility If฀the฀CD-ROM฀does฀not฀start฀the฀Setup฀Utility฀automatically,฀it฀ could฀be฀that฀the฀computer฀is฀running฀other฀applications฀that฀are฀ interfering฀with฀the฀CD฀drive. If฀the฀Setup฀Utility฀screen฀does฀not฀appear฀within฀15-20฀seconds,฀ open฀up฀your฀CD-ROM฀drive฀by฀double-clicking฀on฀the฀“My฀ Computer”฀icon.
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Troubleshooting For฀more฀information฀about฀setting฀up฀a฀SSID฀please฀reference฀ your฀router’s฀user฀manual. If฀issues฀persist฀even฀at฀close฀range,฀please฀contact฀Belkin฀ Technical฀Support.฀ Link LED is solid but cannot connect to the Internet If฀you฀have฀a฀signal฀but฀can’t฀get฀online฀or฀obtain฀an฀IP฀address,฀ the฀problem฀may฀be฀that฀a฀mismatch฀between฀the฀Encryption฀key฀ settings฀in฀your฀computer฀and฀router.
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Troubleshooting Why are there two wireless utilities in my system tray? Which one do I use? There฀are฀several฀features฀and฀advantages฀from฀using฀the฀Belkin฀ wireless฀utility฀over฀the฀Windows฀XP฀Wireless฀Zero฀Configuration฀ utility.฀We฀offer฀a฀site฀survey,฀detailed฀link฀information฀and฀ adapter฀diagnosis,฀to฀name฀a฀few. It’s฀essential฀to฀know฀which฀utility฀is฀managing฀your฀adapter.฀We฀ recommend฀using฀the฀Belkin฀wireless฀utility.
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Troubleshooting What’s the difference between 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a? 1 Currently฀there฀are฀three฀levels฀of฀wireless฀networking฀standards,฀ which฀transmit฀data฀at฀very฀different฀maximum฀speeds.฀Each฀is฀based฀ on฀the฀designation฀802.11(x),฀so฀named฀by฀the฀IEEE,฀the฀board฀that฀ is฀responsible฀for฀certifying฀networking฀standards.฀802.11b฀transmits฀ information฀at฀11Mbps;฀802.11a฀and฀802.11g฀work฀at฀54Mbps.฀See฀ the฀following฀chart฀for฀more฀detailed฀information. 2 Wireless Comparison฀ 5 802.
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Troubleshooting Technical Support You฀can฀find฀technical฀support฀information฀at฀ www.belkin.com฀ or฀ www.belkin.com/networking.
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Information Belkin declares that F5D7050 ( FCC ID: K7SF5D7050A ) is limited in CH1~CH11 by specified firmware controlled in U.S.A. FCC Statement DECLARATION฀OF฀CONFORMITY฀WITH฀FCC฀RULES฀FOR฀ ELECTROMAGNETIC฀COMPATIBILITY We,฀Belkin฀Corporation,฀of฀501฀West฀Walnut฀Street,฀ Compton,฀CA฀90220,฀declare฀under฀our฀sole฀ responsibility฀that฀the฀product, F5D7050 to฀which฀this฀declaration฀relates, complies฀with฀Part฀15฀of฀the฀FCC฀Rules.
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Information ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ •฀ Reorient฀or฀relocate฀the฀receiving฀antenna.฀ ฀ •฀฀ Increase฀the฀distance฀between฀the฀equipment฀and฀the฀receiver.฀ ฀ •฀฀ ฀Connect฀the฀equipment฀to฀an฀outlet฀on฀a฀circuit฀฀ ฀ different฀from฀that฀to฀which฀the฀receiver฀is฀connected. ฀ •฀฀ Consult฀the฀dealer฀or฀an฀experienced฀radio/TV฀฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ technician฀for฀help.
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Information Belkin Corporation Limited Lifetime Product Warranty Belkin฀Corporation฀warrants฀this฀product฀against฀defects฀in฀materials฀and฀ workmanship฀for฀its฀lifetime.฀If฀a฀defect฀is฀discovered,฀Belkin฀will,฀at฀its฀ option,฀repair฀or฀replace฀the฀product฀at฀no฀charge฀provided฀it฀is฀returned฀ during฀the฀warranty฀period,฀with฀transportation฀charges฀prepaid,฀to฀the฀ authorized฀Belkin฀dealer฀from฀whom฀you฀purchased฀the฀product.฀Proof฀of฀ purchase฀may฀be฀required.
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