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Belkin 802.11g manual

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    Belkin T ech Support U S: 877.736.5771 310.898.1100 ext. 2263 Europe: 00 800 223 55 460 A ustrali a: 1800 666 040 Belkin Corporation 501 West W alnut Str eet Compton • CA • 90220 • USA Te l: 310.898.1100 Fax: 310.898.1111 Belkin Components, Ltd. Express Business P ark • Shipton W ay Rushden • NN10 6GL • United Ki ngdom Te l: +44 (0) 193[...]

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    80 2 . 1 1 g Wireless Ether net Bridge Connect your gaming console or Ethernet-equipped PC to a wireless network U ser Manual F5D7330 P74397_F5D7330_man.qxd 10/28/03 10:08 AM Page 2[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 System Requirem ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 P ack age Con tents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Overvie w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for pur chasing th e Belkin 802.11g Wireless Eth ernet Br idge ( the Brid ge). N ow you can take advan tage o f this great new techn ology and gain th e freed om you need ar ound th e hom e or office with out using cables . The 802.11g Wireless Eth ernet Br idge works like a conventi onal n etwork card , but without th e wi[...]

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    OVERVIEW 2 F eatures Th e Br idge complies with the IEEE 802.11g stan dar d in ord er to communi cate with other 802.11b- an d 802.11g-complian t wireless d evices at 11Mbps an d 54Mbps. 802.11g pr odu cts run at speeds of up to 54Mbps an d operate on th e same 2.4GHz fr equency ban d as 802.11b Wi-Fi prod ucts . • 2.4GHz ISM (In dustri al, Scien[...]

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    OVERVIEW 3 • Difficult-to-wire envir onments Enables n etworking in buildin gs with solid or finish ed walls, or open ar eas where wiring is diffi cult to install. • Frequently changing envir onments Ad apts easily in offi ces or environm ents that fr equently r earrang e or chang e location s. • T empor ary LANs for special pr ojects or peak[...]

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    OVERVIEW 4 a b c a. P ow er Link LED Solid: Br idge is ON Blinking: Br idge is OF F b. Ethernet Link LED Solid: Connected to Eth ernet Off: Ethern et disconnected Blinking: T ran sferring d ata Green: 10Mbps devi ce connected Amber: 100Mbps device conn ected c. WLAN Link LED Solid: Br idge is ON Blinking: T ran sferring d ata wirelessly Off: Br idg[...]

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    CONNECTING THE HARDW ARE 1. Connect th e inclu ded Eth ernet n etwork cable into th e LAN port on the back o f the 802.11g Wir eless Ethern et Br idge a nd plug th e other end o f the cable to the back o f your computer or any oth er Ethern et-enabled d evice . 2. T urn on your Br idge by connectin g the power supply cable to your Br idge . Then pl[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD A ttention: Y our Bridge should w ork out-of-the-bo x. Y ou only need to run the Wizard f or special settings such as encryption or head-to-head gaming play . 1. Insert th e CD into your CD-ROM d rive . 2. The “Wir eless Setup Wizard” scr een should autom atically appear . Note: If the Easy Setup Wiz[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 7 5. Select the Br idge you wish to set up and click “N ext” . 6. Leave the passwor d blank and cli ck “Ne xt” to contin ue for initi al setup. Note: If this is not your first time setting up this Bridge and you already were assigned a password, enter your password and click “Next” . P74397_F[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 7. Y our Br idge ships with no password en tered . Y ou can set the password n ow or ma ke no changes to th e password fi eld to keep your passwor d blank. Click “Ne xt” to contin ue . 8. Select “ Access point” or “ Ad-H oc” and cli ck “Next” to con tinue . a. Access P oint: When this opt[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 9 9. Enter th e settings f or the wir eless network that you will be conn ecting to. Th e def ault SSID of “ ANY” will connect your Brid ge to th e closest network automati cally . After you finish enterin g the settin gs, cli ck “Ne xt” to continue . a. SSID: The SSID is th e wireless n etwork n[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 10 10. En ter the IP add ress settin gs for your Br idge . T he current settin gs will usually work. Cli ck “Ne xt” to contin ue . W arning: It is recommended that you only mak e changes to this page if you have a specific r eason to do so. a. IP address: The IP ad dr ess must be unique to your n etw[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 11 11. Fr om the Encrypti on dr op-down m enu, select “Disabled”, “64-bit”, or “128-bit” accordin g to your wireless n etwork’s setting. Select “Disabled” if you have n ot configur ed your wireless n etwork to use encrypti on. All wireless d evices on your network m ust share th e same [...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE SETUP WIZARD 12 12. Confirm all your settin gs are correct th en click “Finish” . 13. Setup is complete . Y ou can now conn ect the Br idge t o a ny Ethern et-equipped devi ce on your wireless n etwork. P74397_F5D7330_man.qxd 10/28/03 10:08 AM Page 12[...]

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    SETTING UP YOUR COMPUTER TO USE THE WEB-BA SED INTERFACE The d efault IP ad dr ess of th e Br idge is 192.168.2.225. Y ou will need to set your computer’s IP add ress to th e same subn et such as 192.168.2.224 bef ore you can access the W eb-Based Setup Interface . Perf orm the f ollowing steps fr om the PC you wish to configur e your Br idge f r[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 14 U sing your In ternet br owser , you can access the web-based user in terface . In your browser , type “192.168.2.225” (do n ot type in anythin g else such as “http://” or “www”). Th en press th e “Enter” k ey . Logging into the W eb-Based Setup Y ou will see the W eb-Based Set[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 15 Status a. Quick Navigation Links Y ou can go dir ectly to any o f the pag es by clickin g directly on these links . The links are divi ded in to logical categ ories an d grouped by tabs to mak e findin g a particular settin g easier to fin d. b. Ve r sion Inf ormation Shows th e firmwar e vers[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 16 b c d a e f g h i j k l Bridge Settings a. Bridge Name Enter th e nam e of your Wir eless Ethern et Br idge here. b. IP Configuration: • Manually set the Bridge’s IP address - Th e def ault IP addr ess of your Br idge is 192.168.2.225. Y ou can modify it to match your n etwork subnet if n [...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 17 e. Gatew ay IP Adr ess: Enter th e IP add ress o f your network’s gateway (also kn own as router). f. SSID: The SSID is th e wireless n etwork nam e . This field lets you type in the n etwork na me (SSID) you want this Br idge t o connect to. For instan ce , if the n ame (SSID) of th e wirel[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 18 k. Ke y ID: Select the n etwork key (1-4) that will be used to auth enti cate . l. Network K ey: Enter a n etwork key only if you have en cryption en abled in your wireless n etwork. T ype your WEP key in th e Network Key bo x using passphr ase or he x key f ormat. All wir eless devi ces on yo[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE Site Surve y a. SSID: The SSID is th e wireless n etwork nam e . b. Refresh: Clickin g the Refr esh button will give you the m ost up-to-date d ata. c. Join: Y ou can connect to a specifi c wireless n etwork by selecting th e check bo x and click “ Apply Chang es” . Restart the Wireless Bridg[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE Restore F actory Default Clickin g “Restore Def aults” will erase all your curr ent settin gs. Save Curr ent Settings Y ou can save your curren t configur ation by usin g this feature . Saving your configur ation will allow you to r estore it later if your settin gs are lost or chang ed. I t [...]

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    Firmw are Update From tim e to time , Belkin may release n ew version s of th e Br idg e’s firmwar e . Updates con tain improvem ents an d fixes to pr oblems that may have e xisted. a. Bro wse: Clickin g on “Browse” will open a win dow that allows you to select th e location of the firm ware upd ate file . Firmwar e files can be obtained fr o[...]

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    CONNECTING THE BRIDGE USING THE WEB-BASED INTERF ACE 22 P asswor d Th e Br idge ships with NO password en tered . If you wish to add a passwor d for greater security , you can set a password h ere . Write down your password an d k eep it in a safe place , as you will need it if you n eed to log into the Br idge in the futur e . Login Timeout The lo[...]

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    23 TROUBLESHOOTING Cannot connect to the network. If your Br idge appears to be functi oning pr operly but you cannot conn ect to the n etwork, the pr oblem may be that th ere is a mismatch between th e “Network na me (SSID)” and “Wireless n etwork key (WEP)” settin gs in your wireless n etwork properti es and th e nam e and WEP k ey of the[...]

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    24 TROUBLESHOOTING In the “This conn ection uses th e followin g items” list, verify that th e “File and Printer Sharin g for Mi croso ft Networks” ch eck box is selected. If th e check bo x is cleared , select it. If this item is not pr esent, cli ck “Install” . In the “Select N etwork Componen t T ype” box, select “Service” an[...]

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    TROUBLESHOOTING 25 T echnical Support Y ou can find techni cal support inform ation at www .belkin.com/networking or www .belkin.com through the tech support ar ea. If you want to con tact technical support by phon e , please call 877-736-5771. P74397_F5D7330_man.qxd 10/28/03 10:08 AM Page 25[...]

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    26 INFORMA TION Caution: Exposure to Radio Fr equency Radiation. The r adiated output power of this d evice is far below th e FCC radi o frequency e xposure limits. N everth eless, the d evice shall be used in such m anner that th e potential f or human con tact n orm al operation is minimized . When connectin g an extern al antenna to th e device [...]

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    27 INFORMA TION Canada-Industry Canada (IC) The wir eless radio o f this device compli es with RSS 139 & RSS 210 Ind ustry Canada. This Class B digital compli es with Canadian I CES-003. Cet appareil n umérique de la classe B conform e á la norme NMB-003 d u Canad a. Europe-Eur opean Union Notice Radio pr oducts with th e CE 0682 or CE alert [...]

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    28 INFORMA TION Belkin Corporation Limited Lifetime Pr oduct W arranty Belkin Corporati on warrants this pr oduct again st defects in m aterials and workm anship for its lifetime . If a defect is discover ed, Belkin will, at its option, r epair or replace th e produ ct at no charge provi ded it is r eturned durin g the warran ty period , with trans[...]