Belkin F5D6020 manual

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    Wireless Notebook Network Card Connect your laptop to a wireless network U ser Manual F5D6020 ver . 2 Belkin Corporation 501 West W alnut Street Compton • CA • 90220 • USA Te l: 310.898.1100 Fax: 310.898.1111 Belkin Components, Ltd. Express Business P ark Shipton Way • Rushd en • NN10 6GL U nited Ki ngdom T el: +44 (0) 1933 35 2000 Fax: +[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION Intr odu ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Installin g and Settin g Up the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 U sin g the Belkin Wir eless LAN Monitor U tility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 The Status T ab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 3 Applications and Adv antages • Wireless r oaming with a laptop around the home or o ffice Offers the fr eedom o f networking—with out cables. • Difficult-to-wire envir onments Enables n etworking in buildin gs with solid or finished walls , or open areas wher e wiring is diffi cult to install. • Frequently changi[...]

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    INST ALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 4 INST ALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 5 Installing your Car d is done in three eas y steps: 1. In stall the softwar e FIRST . If you plug your Card in to your laptop before you install th e softwar e, it will n ot work until you in stall the softwar e . 2. Plug the Car d into your laptop. 3. Let your Wind ows ope[...]

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    INST ALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD INST ALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 6 7 7. After conn ecting your Card , Wind ows will detect that new har dwar e has been installed . Dependin g on which version o f Wind ows you are using, a wind ow similar to the on e pictured below will appear . Select th e option that will automati cally install th e softwar[...]

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    When you laun ch the Wir eless LAN Monitor Utility (th e Utility), you will be presen ted with the scr een below . The followin g small i con will also be present in your system tray . The U tility can be set to always be on top of everythin g else on your desktop when it is open. This settin g can be chang ed if you right-cli ck on the i con in yo[...]

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    USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY 11 USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY The Status T ab (a) Pro file Name The first thin g you will noti ce is the “Pro file Nam e” . Initially this will say “def ault” and be gr ayed out until you have set up a pro file . Also, the Pro file Mana g er Mod e (k) will be “OFF” . Using[...]

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    USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY 13 12 USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY 12 (f) MAC A ddress Shows th e MAC ad dress o f the Wir eless Notebook Network Car d. (g) Status Displays the BSSID (in h ex adecimal) o f the access poin t with which the Car d is associated . If you are conn ected to a network, the wor d “ Associ a[...]

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    The Site Surve y T ab Clickin g on the “Site Survey” tab will display a list o f all available access points in your ar ea. The f ollowing inform ation about each is displayed: (a) BSSID– The MA C add ress of th e access point. (b) SSID– The Servi ce Set Id entifier (wir eless network n ame) of th e access point. (c) Signal –The si gnal s[...]

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    16 USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY Setting 64-Bit or 128-Bit Encryption Using a P assphrase (Easiest) 1. Select “64-bit” or “128-bit” from th e dr op-down m enu (a). 2. Select “Create with P assphrase” (b). 3. En ter a passphrase and cli ck “Gener ate” (c). Clicking “Gen [...]

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    The Adv anced T ab The settin gs on the “ Advanced” tab sh ould be left as is unless there is a specific r eason to chang e them. (a) Preamble T ype The pr eamble is a sign al used to synchronize th e timing between th e wireless n etwork card an d the access poin t. Some older wir eless equipmen t may not be able to work if this setting is set[...]

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    20 USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY Creating a Pr ofile Befor e you can use the Pr ofile Man ager , you need to create a pr ofile . Follow these steps to cr eate a pro file. 1. If n ot already , turn ON the Pro file Man ager mod e by pressin g the “ Activate Pro file Man ager Mod e” but[...]

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    TROUBLESHOOTING 22 USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY 23 5. U sing these sam e settings , set the rest o f the computers on your A d-Hoc n etwork to th e same settin gs. When you have completed setup o f the Ad -Hoc network, computers will n etwork togeth er normally as if wir ed togeth er through a h ub or switch. d Y ou can find techni[...]

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    25 24 INFORMA TION FCC Statement DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMP A TIBILITY We, Belkin Corporation, o f 501 West W alnut Str eet, Compton, CA 90220, declare un der our sole r espon sibility that the prod uct, F5D6020 to which this d eclaration r elates, complies with P art 15 of th e FCC Rules. Oper ation is subje[...]

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    26 INFORMA TION Belkin Corporation Limited Lifetime Pr oduct W arranty Belkin Corporati on warrants this pr oduct again st defects in materi als and workman ship for its lifetime . If a defect is discover ed, Belkin will, at its option, r epair or replace the pr oduct at n o charg e provid ed it is returned d uring the warr anty period , with trans[...]