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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.฀฀ The฀next฀screen฀you฀will฀see฀allows฀you฀to฀type฀in฀the฀name฀of฀

the฀network฀you฀will฀be฀connecting฀to,฀the฀type฀of฀network฀it฀is,฀

and฀optionally฀you฀can฀set฀the฀data฀rate฀for฀that฀network.

(a)฀฀ In฀the฀“Network฀Name”฀box,฀type฀in฀the฀exact฀name฀of฀the฀

network฀you฀will฀be฀connecting฀to.฀The฀“Network฀Name”฀is฀

the฀same฀as฀the฀network฀SSID.

(b)฀฀ In฀the฀“Network฀Type”฀box,฀select฀the฀type฀of฀network฀you฀will฀฀

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.

(a)

(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.

Click฀“Next”฀to฀continue.

3.฀฀ The฀next฀screen฀allows฀you฀to฀input฀security฀encryption฀settings฀

for฀the฀network.฀If฀the฀network฀is฀not฀encrypted,฀then฀leave฀the฀

mode฀in฀“Off”฀and฀click฀“Complete.฀

If฀the฀network฀is฀encrypted,฀you฀will฀need฀to฀have฀the฀network฀key฀and฀฀

key฀type฀(open฀or฀shared).฀This฀information฀is฀available฀from฀the฀network฀

administrator฀or฀is฀the฀same฀as฀your฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point.฀

TIP:฀Most฀networks฀with฀WEP฀use฀“Open฀System”฀key฀type.฀For฀more฀

detailed฀information฀go฀to฀the฀sector฀titled฀“Securing฀your฀Wireless฀

Network”฀on฀page฀26฀of฀this฀manual.

(a) ฀ Select฀the฀Authentication฀Mode฀from฀the฀drop-down฀menu.

(b)

(c)

(a)

Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility

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