User's Manual

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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.฀Please฀be฀sure
to฀read฀through฀this฀User฀Manual฀completely,฀and฀pay฀special฀attention฀
to฀the฀section฀entitled฀“Placement฀of฀your฀Wireless฀Networking฀Hardware฀
for฀Optimal฀Performance”฀on฀page฀2.฀By฀following฀our฀simple฀setup฀
instructions฀your฀Belkin฀Home฀Network฀will฀allow฀you฀to:
Shareonehigh-speedInternetconnection
withallthecomputersinyourhome
Shareresources,suchasfiles,andharddrives
amongalltheconnectedcomputersinyourhome
Shareasingleprinterwiththeentirefamily
Sharedocuments,music,video,anddigitalpictures
Store,retrieve,andcopyfilesfromonecomputertoanother
Simultaneouslyplaygamesonline,checkInternete-mail,andchat
Here are some of the advantages
of setting up a Belkin Wireless Network:
Mobilityyoullnolongerneedadedicatedcomputerroom
nowyoucanworkonanetworkedlaptopordesktopcomputer
anywherewithinyourwirelessrange
EasyinstallationBelkinEasyInstallationWizardmakes
setupsimple
Flexibilitysetupandaccessprinters,computers,andother
networkingdevicesfromanywhereinyourhome
EasyExpansionthewiderangeofBelkinnetworkingproducts
letyouexpandyournetworktoincludedevicessuchasprinters
andgamingconsoles
Nocablingrequiredyoucansparetheexpenseandhassleof
retrofittingEthernetcablingthroughoutthehomeoroffice
Widespreadindustryacceptancechoosefromawiderange
ofinteroperablenetworkingproducts
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฀forPlacement฀and฀Setup฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.2
Features฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.6
Applications฀andAdvantages฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀6
Product฀Specifications.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀7
SystemRequirements .฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀7
2 Knowing your Wireless USB Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Installing and Setting Up the USB Network Adapter . . . . . . . . 9
Step฀1:฀Install฀theSoftware฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀9
Step฀2:฀Connect฀your฀USB฀Adapter฀to฀your฀PC.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀10
Step฀3:฀Let฀WindowsFinish฀theInstallation฀฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀.฀11
4 Uninstalling the Software and Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5 Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6 Securing your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Introduction