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How to find and connect to a wireless Network

1.฀฀ Open฀the฀Wireless฀Monitor฀windows฀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.

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.฀If฀the฀network฀is฀using฀encryption฀security,฀you฀will฀

need฀to฀make฀a฀profile฀for฀that฀network฀in฀order฀to฀connect.฀See฀

the฀section฀of฀this฀manual฀called฀“Profile฀Tab”฀on฀page฀17฀for฀

information.฀

(a)

(b)

Windows XP Users

If฀you฀are฀using฀Windows฀XP,฀please฀read฀this฀section.

Windows฀XP฀integrates฀a฀wireless฀management฀utility฀referred฀to฀as฀

Windows฀XP฀Wireless฀Zero฀Configuration฀service฀(WZC).฀The฀WZC฀can฀

be฀used฀to฀control฀your฀Adapter฀or฀you฀can฀use฀the฀Belkin฀Wireless฀

Network฀Monitor฀Utility.฀We฀suggest฀that฀you฀use฀the฀Belkin฀Utility฀

to฀control฀your฀Card฀or฀Adapter.฀If฀you฀choose฀to฀use฀the฀WZC,฀

directions฀for฀operation฀of฀the฀WZC฀are฀available฀in฀the฀Windows฀XP฀

help฀file.฀When฀you฀first฀install฀the฀Card฀or฀Adapter,฀the฀Belkin฀Utility฀

will฀be฀enabled.฀If฀you฀want฀to฀disable฀the฀Belkin฀Utility฀in฀order฀to฀

use฀the฀WZC,฀follow฀the฀steps฀below฀to฀disable฀the฀Belkin฀Utility.

Disabling the Belkin Wireless Network Monitor Utility in

Windows XP

1.฀ Double-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.฀ In฀the฀menu,฀select฀“Disable฀Windows฀Zero฀Configuration฀(WZC)”

Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility

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