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High-Speed฀Mode฀

Wireless฀G฀USB฀

Network฀Adapter

F5D7051

User฀Manual

High-Speed฀Mode฀

Wireless฀G฀USB฀

Network฀Adapter

Connect฀your฀desktop฀or฀notebook฀

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High-Speed฀Mode฀ Wireless฀G฀USB฀ Network฀Adapter High-Speed฀Mode฀ Wireless฀G฀USB฀ Network฀Adapter Connect฀your฀desktop฀or฀notebook฀ computer฀to฀a฀wireless฀network Belkin฀Corporation 501฀West฀Walnut฀Street, Compton,฀CA฀90220-5221 USA +1฀310฀898฀1100 +1฀310฀898฀1111฀fax Belkin฀GmbH Hanebergstraße฀2 80637฀Munich Germany +49฀(0)฀89฀143405฀0฀ +49฀(0)฀89฀143405฀100฀fax Belkin฀Ltd.
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Introduction 1 Introduction฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀. 1 Thank฀you฀for฀purchasing฀the฀High-Speed฀Mode฀Wireless฀G฀USB฀Network฀ Adapter฀(the฀Adapter).฀Now฀you฀can฀take฀advantage฀of฀this฀great฀new฀ technology฀and฀gain฀the฀freedom฀you฀need฀around฀the฀home฀or฀office฀ without฀using฀cables.฀The฀Wireless฀USB฀Network฀Adapter฀works฀like฀a฀ conventional฀network฀adapter,฀but฀without฀the฀wires.฀The฀easy฀installation฀ and฀setup฀will฀have฀you฀networking฀wirelessly฀in฀minutes.
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Introduction Placement of your Wireless Networking Hardware for Optimal Performance •฀฀ 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.
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Introduction 4. If฀you฀continue฀to฀have฀difficulty฀with฀Secure฀Connection,฀VPNs฀and฀ AOL฀please฀review฀steps฀1-4฀above฀to฀be฀sure฀you฀have฀addressed฀ these฀issues. 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.
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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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Knowing your Wireless USB Network Adapter Protective Cap Installing and Setting Up the USB Network Adapter Step 1 1 Install the Software WARNING: Install the software before inserting the Adapter Blinking Green: Activity 1.1 Insert฀the฀CD฀into฀your฀CD-ROM฀drive. Off: No Activity 1.2฀฀The฀Belkin฀Wireless฀USB฀Network฀Adapter฀Setup฀Utility฀screen฀will฀ On: Connected to network USB Adapter automatically฀appear.
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Installing and Setting Up the USB Network Adapter 1.6฀฀When฀the฀installer฀is฀done฀installing฀ 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. Step 3 Configure Wireless USB Adapter Let Windows Finish the Installation 3.
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Installing and Setting Up the USB Network Adapter Uninstalling the Software and Drivers 3.4฀ A฀small฀icon฀in฀your฀system฀tray฀(bottom฀right฀corner฀of฀most฀ 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 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. (a) Current Profile String 1 This฀indicates฀the฀name฀of฀the฀profile฀you฀are฀currently฀using,฀if฀any.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Access Point (AP) List Tab (d) Site Information 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. 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.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Creating a new Profile Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility (c)฀฀ In฀the฀“Transfer฀Rate”฀box,฀it฀is฀suggested฀that฀you฀leave฀this฀ on฀“Automatic”฀unless฀there฀is฀a฀specific฀need฀to฀change฀฀ this฀setting. 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.
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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”. 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.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility How to find and connect to a wireless Network Windows XP Users 1.฀฀ Open฀the฀Wireless฀Monitor฀windows฀by฀double-clicking฀the฀icon฀ If฀you฀are฀using฀Windows฀XP,฀please฀read฀this฀section. 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.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility 1 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:฀ 2 3 1.฀ Right-click฀on฀“Wireless฀Network฀Connection”฀and฀select฀“Properties”. 2.฀ Clicking฀on฀the฀“Wireless฀Networks”฀tab฀will฀display฀the฀following฀ 4 5 3.
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Securing your Wireless Network Securing your Wireless Network 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. 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.
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Securing your Wireless Network Securing your Wireless Network WEP Setup 128-Bit WEP Encryption 64-Bit WEP Encryption 1. Select฀“128-bit฀WEP”฀from฀the฀drop-down฀menu. 1.฀฀ Select฀“64-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. 2.
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Troubleshooting Troubleshooting I can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly I can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly (continued) 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 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 Troubleshooting Why are there two wireless utilities in my system tray? Which one do I use? What’s the difference between 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a? 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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Information Troubleshooting Technical Support 1 FCC Statement You฀can฀find฀technical฀support฀information฀at฀ www.belkin.com฀ or฀ www.belkin.com/networking.฀If฀you฀want฀to฀contact฀technical฀ support฀by฀phone,฀please฀call:฀ Europe: 00 800 223 55 460 Belkin declares that F5D7051 ( FCC ID: K7SF5D7051 ) is limited in CH1~CH11 for 2.4 GHz by specified firmware controlled in U.S.A. Maximum average SAR (1g) for DSSS is 1.210W/kg. Maximum average SAR (1g) for OFDM is 0.330W/kg.
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Information 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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