Belkin F5D7001A Users Manual

Installing and Setting Up the Card

1.4 The insta ller will n ow start. C lick

“Next ” an d follow th e on-sc reen in structi ons.

1.5 After th e installati on is comple te,

click “Finis h” to shut d own your compute r.

Step 2 Insert the Card into the Computer

WARNING: Be sure to power off your computer and disconnect your power cord before opening up your computer.

2.1 Remov e the s cre ws behi nd yo ur comp uter case th at se cure the

compu ter cov er an d rem ove c over.

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2.2 Touch any me tal p art of the c ase to disch arg e stati c

elect ricity, to avoid damage your prod uct or your compute r.

2.3 Loca te an empty PCI e xpans ion

slot. It is usually wh ite in color.

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2.4 Conf irm that th e Card will f it into the slot you have ch osen. Kee p in

mind that t he includ ed antenn a needs to be ori ented wit h the top point ing up. If there are cables and oth er connec tors in the w ay, try to pick the PCI s lot that ha s the fewest ob struc tions to the co rrect posit ioning of the a ntenna.

2.5 Remo ve the meta l port cove r from the ba ck of the compu ter that

correspond s to t he PCI slot y ou s elect ed. If there is a s crew, place it in a safe plac e, as you will be u sing it to atta ch the Card t o the compu ter later.

2.6 Push t he Card f irmly into the PCI slot that yo u have chos en.

Apply p ressu re as needed unt il the conn ector is fu lly sea ted.

2.7 Now se cure th e Card with t he scre w that you previou sly

place d in a safe place .

2.8 Caref ully screw the antenna onto the t hread ed connec tor on the

Card. Tur n the an tenna unt il it is vertical and poin ting up.

2.9 Replace the c omputer’s cov er. No w that the Card is insta lled, you

can rec onnec t th e power cord, and tu rn it ba ck on.

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Step 3 Let Windows Finish the Installation

3.1 After powering on your c omputer,

you will se e a “F ound New Hardware W izard ” scree n. Select “Inst all the software automati cally (Reco mmended )” and clic k “Next”.

Note: Specific s creens differ

depen ding upon which version of the Windo ws OS you are u sing.

3.2 Dependi ng on the versi on of

Windo ws y ou are us ing, you mi ght also see a screen similar to this one. This D OES NOT mea n th ere is a probl em as the drivers have bee n fully tes ted and are compat ible with this Wind ows operating system. Selec t “C ontin ue Anyway ” and follo w th e on-screen instructi ons.

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3.3 Windows will ask you whe re

the drive rs are lo cated. Ma ke no change s and click “ Next” until you s ee the screen that asks you to click “Fin ish” to compl ete the installati on.

Note: Specific s creens differ

depen ding upon which version of the Wind ows OS you are usi ng.

3.4 When the inst allat ion is

compl ete, a small Si gnal Indic ator icon (red) in you r syste m tr ay (bottom right corner of mos t scree ns) will appea r. Dou ble-click the Signa l In dicat or icon to bring up th e “Wire less Netwo rk” screen.

3.5 Select the network you want to

conne ct t o under “Available net wor ks” and click “Connect”.

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3.6 The Signal In dicat or i con in your

syste m tr ay should n ow turn gre en (yell ow i f the signa l is w eak.)

Installation is now complete!

Doubl e-click t he Signal Indicato r icon to bring u p the “Wireless Netwo rk” screen.

The follo wing screen will a ppear:

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Next, cli cking on the “Ad vance d” b utton will allow you t o vi ew and confi gure mo re opti ons of your C ard. Th e “A dvanc ed” butto n wi ll take you t o th e Belkin Wi reles s LAN Utili ty.

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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility

Setting Wireless Network Preferences

Click on the “Wireless Networks” tab.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(l)

(a) Enable Radio

Use t his opt ion t o turn yo ur wi reles s net work ra dio O N or OF F. You may w ant to turn th e radio off while in a irplane s or to cons erve the batte ry life of y our mob ile c omputer. When th e rad io is d isabl ed, the power LED on your Card will turn off an d the W indow s 2000 or XP syste m tray wireless n etwor k icon will be depi cted with an “X”.

(b) Available Networks

This display s a l ist of wireless n etwor ks in y our a rea. If you don’t see a nam e in th e box , click on t he “Ref res h” (j) button to rescan for any avail able ne twork s. To c onnect to a network , sel ect a n etwor k name in the Availa ble N etworks list box an d cli ck the “Conf igure ” (i) button. Click “OK” (m) in the “ Wireless N etwork Pro perties ” box to add the netwo rk name to t he “Prefer red N etworks” (c) list. Wait up to on e minut e for the ne twork connec tion to be m ade. Your compu ter is conne cted to the selecte d net work wh en yo u see a blue bubbl e (d) on top of th e icon for t hat net work.

Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility

Displ ays a l ist o f the n etwor ks that you have previ ously c onfig ured. The o ne with the blue bu bble (d) is the n etwork you a re cu rrently conne cted to .

You may rank the ne twork s by se lecti ng the netwo rk name in t he “Preferred Networks” list then c licking on t he “Move Up” and “Move Down” (k) b uttons. Netw orks ap peari ng high er on the li st wi ll be pre ferre d over netwo rks listed l ower on the list. If a p referred networ k is un availab le, t he Card wi ll atte mpt t o conne ct to the ne xt av ailable netwo rk on t he li st.

(e, f) Add, Remove

You may “Add ” (e) and “Re move” (f) n etworks from the Pre ferre d Netwo rks lis t by using t hese buttons .

(g) System Tray Icon

Check this b ox so that t he wi reles s ico n appea rs on your s ystem tray.

(h) Properties

To chan ge th e pro perti es and WEP ( securit y) se ttings of a network , selec t a net work from the P refer red Networ ks (c) then click on the “Propertie s”

(l) Advanced

Allow s you t o sel ect the type of net work you wan t to connect to. When the “Advanced” (l) button is checked, the screen on the next page will appear.

(h) button.

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