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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.
To฀use฀the฀Belkin฀wireless฀utility฀follow฀the฀steps฀below:
Step 1฀Right-click฀on฀the฀network฀status฀icon฀in฀the฀system฀tray฀
and฀select฀View฀Available฀Wireless฀Networks.
Step 2฀Click฀on฀the฀Advanced฀button฀in฀the฀lower-left฀corner฀of฀
the฀Available฀Wireless฀Networks฀window.
Step 3฀From฀the฀Advanced฀tab฀uncheck฀Use฀Windows฀to฀
configure฀my฀wireless฀network.฀Once฀the฀box฀is฀unchecked฀click฀
OK฀to฀close฀the฀Window.
You฀are฀now฀using฀the฀Belkin฀wireless฀utility฀to฀configure฀the฀฀
wireless฀adapter.
What’s the difference between 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a?
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.
Wireless Comparison฀
Wireless฀
Technology
802.11b 802.11g 802.11a฀
Speed 11Mbps 54Mbps 54Mbps฀
Frequency
2.4GHz฀-฀
unlicensed฀band,฀
may฀interfere฀
with฀common฀
household฀
devices:฀cordless฀
phones฀and฀
microwave฀ovens
2.4GHz฀-฀
unlicensed฀band,฀
may฀interfere฀
with฀common฀
household฀
devices:฀cordless฀
phones฀and฀
microwave฀ovens
5GHz฀-฀uncrowded฀
band
Compatibility
Compatible฀with฀
802.11g
Compatible฀with฀
802.11b
Incompatible฀with฀
802.11b฀or฀฀
802.11g
Range
Depends฀on฀
interference฀-฀
typically฀100–200฀
ft.฀indoors
Depends฀on฀
interference฀-฀
typically฀100–200฀
ft.฀indoors
Less฀interference฀-฀
range฀is฀฀
typically฀50-100฀feet
Adoption
Mature฀-฀widely฀
adopted
Expected฀to฀
continue฀to฀grow฀
in฀popularity
Slow฀adoption฀for฀
consumers฀-฀฀
more฀popular฀in฀
business฀฀
environments
Price Inexpensive More฀expensive Most฀expensive
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