Belkin F5D8010 User Manual

Wireless Pre-N

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Table of Contents

Advantages of a Wireless Network

for Optimal Performance

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Applicat ions and Advantages

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The e asy insta lla tion a nd setup will hav e you networking in min utes.

Advantages of a Wireless Network

– you no longer need a dedicated “computer

– Bel kin Easy Installat ion Wizards mak e

– set up and acc ess print ers , compute rs, and other

– the wide range of Belki n networking

– Bel kin spares y ou the expense and

Widesprea d indu str y accepta nce

– cho ose from a wide r ange

Introduction

Your wireless connectio n will be stronger t he closer your computer is

to yo ur wireless router (or acce ss point). Typical indoor operating range

for y our wireless de vices is between 100 an d 200 feet. Co nversely, your

five and 10 feet from the wi reless router (or acc ess point), in order to

While some of the items l ist ed below can a ffect network

functioning; if y ou are conce rned that y our netwo rk is not o per ating

To achieve th e best wirel ess network coverage for y our “wireless

the c eiling). If your wireles s rout er (or access point) it self is

This may mean placing the wi reless router (or acc ess po int ) on an

Introduction

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Avo id placing your w ireless route r (or access p oin t) near devices that

to th e above issues,

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you h ave a cordle ss phone:

that operates on the 2.4GHz band (che ck manufactu rer’s

the c learest connection and a voi d inte rfe rence from neighboring cordless

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AOL s oftware, or by re- logging i nto the secure website.

A sec ond alter native is t o chan ge your computer’s power management

for p ortable c omp uters. To change your power man agement s ett ing

AOL, please review s teps 1–4 on pages 2– 3 to be sure you have

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The C ard complies wi th the IEEE 802.11g sta ndard in order to

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p roducts.

WPA, 64-bit WEP (W ired Equivalent Privacy), o r

Wirele ss access to n etworked resourc es

Overview

Applications and Advantages

w ireless LAN sol uti ons are back ward-compatib le with existing

Wi-Fi (IEEE 80 2.1 1g and

) products and wi th other produc ts

that display t he Wi-Fi mark.

Adapts easily in off ices or environ ments tha t freq uently rearrange or

Temporar y LANs for spe cia l projects o r peak time

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Install the Software Drivers

Insert the Ins tal lation So ftware CD in to your CD-ROM dr ive.

The B elkin Wireless Client Ut ili ty Set up screen will automaticall y

I f the Wireless Client Utility Setup sc reen d oes not appear

Click “Install So ftware” from the m enu.

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The i nstaller wil l now start.

You might see a screen similar

to th is one. This DOES NO T

the o n-screen instructions.

Plug the Card into an Available CardBus Slot on your Laptop

During the ins tal l process, y ou

I f your system did not

You might see a screen similar

to th is one. This DOES NO T

the o n-screen instructions.

Installing and Setting Up the Card

Install the Wireless Client Utility

After the netw ork card driver

to in stall the Wirel ess Clien t Utility.

The w izard will p rompt you to choose

to accept t he defaul t locatio n, or click

Click “Finish” to start the Belkin

Wirele ss Client Utility.

A sma ll Signal Indicato r icon should

Wirele ss Client Utility.

The c ompact Wi reless Client U til ity

to op en up the e xpanded v iew.

Installing and Setting Up the Card

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Select a netwo rk to connect to by

the N etwork Li st.

I n o rder to s ee you r avai lab le

Wirele ss Pre -N Rou ter, connect to

the “ Belkin_Pre -N_ ” SSID network

followed by si x numbers , which are

The P rofile screen will appear t o

to sa ve the Profi le and activate it.

The S ignal Ind ica tor ic on should

tray (bottom r igh t corner of mo st

for g ood, yell ow for weak, red if

The f ollowing screen will app ear.

The s ignal ico n on the le ft changes color according to cu rrent receive d

The D isplay Mo de button alternates be tween the curre nt Con nec tion

The M ore button o pen s the expanded view tha t allows you t o view and