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    User Manual F9K1 00 3v1 88 20 - 007 75 Rev . A0 2 WIR ELE SS N+ R OUTER N 450[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Ge tt ing St ar te d ........................................... 1 Wh at ’ s in t he Box ............................................. 1 In iti al S etu p .................................................. 1 Adva nc ed Tools & S ett ing s ..................................... 6 Th e Be lk in R oute r Ma nag er .............[...]

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    1 Wha t’s in th e B ox N450 Wireless N + Router Ethernet cable (attached to router) Pow er supply ( attached to router ) Network information card (a t tached to router) Belkin Setup CD with User Manual Initial Setup W he r e to Pl a c e You r Ro u t e r Fo r th e b e s t r e s ul t s , p l ac e t h e R o u te r n e x t t o y ou r m o d e m i n an[...]

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    2 GET TING ST ARTED 2 3 modem 1 How to Set It Up[...]

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    3 GET TING ST ARTED 1. C on n e c t y ou r R o u te r ’s E t he r n e t c a bl e to y o u r m od e m ’s E th e r n et p or t (o n th e b a c k o f y ou r mo d e m). T h i s p o r t m i g ht b e l a be l e d d if f er e n tl y on yo u r p a r t i cu l a r m o de m . I f y o u a re a dd i n g a R ou t e r fo r th e f i r s t t i me , t h i s p o [...]

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    4 GET TING ST ARTED 5. A f t er a b r ie f in s t a ll a t io n , t h e s e tu p s o f t w a re wi l l a s k y o u fo r th e n e t w or k na m e a n d p a s sw o r d f ro m t h e n e t w or k i nf o r ma t i on c ar d th a t i s a t t a c he d t o y o ur R ou t er. St o re t he card under the base of your Router for future reference.[...]

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    5 GET TING ST ARTED 6. A p r o g re s s s c r ee n wi l l a p p ea r w h i l e a dd i t i on a l s o f t w a re is i ns t a l le d . T h i s m ay ta k e a f ew m in u t es to co m p l et e. O nc e f in i s h ed , a “ S uc c e s s ” m es s a g e w i ll ap p e a r i nd i c a ti n g t h a t yo u are co nne cte d to the Int ern et v ia your new Bel[...]

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    6 GET TING ST ARTED Adv anced T ools & Settings A f te r t h e i n i ti a l s e t up i s c om p l e te , y ou ha ve t he o pt i o n t o ch ang e se tt ing s l ike yo ur net wor k na me, sec ur it y t yp e, an d p as s w or d . To ma k e t h es e ch a n g es an d ot h e r s, cl i c k o n t h e Ad v a nc e d To ol s i c o n a t t h e C D S e tu p[...]

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    7 GET TING ST ARTED The Belkin Router Manager Router Settings User Manual Network problem detected… Check for Updates Options Exit The Belkin Router Manager appears in y our system tray ( W in d o ws) or me n u b a r ( Ma c). I ts i co n in d i c at e s t h e c ur r e n t s t at u s o f y ou r Ro u te r a n d a l s o a l lo w s y ou to ac c e s s[...]

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    8 GET TING ST ARTED I n yo u r b r ow s e r, t y p e “ h t t p: // ro u te r ” ( yo u d o n o t n e ed to t y p e i n a ny t hi n g e l s e s u ch a s “ w w w ” ). Th e n p r e ss t he En t er ke y. I f yo u ’r e s t i ll h av i ng t ro u b le r un n i n g t he m an u a l s e tu p o p t i on , t y p e “ 192 . 16 8 . 2.1” i n y o ur br[...]

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    9 GET TING ST ARTED Adding Comp uters to Y our Ne twork W ir e l es s de v i c es su c h a s co m p u te r s , n et wo r k p r i n te r s , a nd g am i n g systems can connect to your Router with a few simple st eps. Us ing th e CD 1. Pu t th e Se t up CD i nt o y o ur co m p u te r. I f t h e C D d oe s n ’t o pe n au t om a t i ca l l y, b ro w[...]

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    10 GET TING ST AR TED Manually I f y ou ch o o s e n ot to us e th e in c l u de d S e t up CD fo r a dd i n g a dd i t i on a l c o m p ut e r s o r w i re l e s s d ev i c e s, yo u can manually add these items to your network. 1. Lo c a te t he wi r e l es s - n e t wo r k- c o n ne c t i o ns op t i o n on your computer or wireless device. 2. S[...]

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    11 GET TING ST AR TED Additional Capabilities Guest Access You c a n a l l ow gu e s t s t o u s e yo u r I n te r n et c on n e c t io n w i t h ou t j oi n i n g yo u r p e r s on a l n e t w or k . T h e n e t w or k na m e a n d p as s w or d f o r t h e g u es t ne t w o rk i s l o ca t ed o n t h e n et w o r k information card found under th[...]

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    A B 12 GE TT ING TO K NOW Y O UR ROU TER A) Router Status Light Y our R outer’ s sta tus is shown by the ligh t on the fro nt. Of f: The Router is no t plugge d into a po wer source. Blinking Blue: The Router is starting up. Solid Blue : The Route r is connected t o the Internet. Blinking Amber: T he R ou t er c an ’ t d e te c t t h e m o d em[...]

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    A B C D 13 GE TT ING TO K NOW Y O UR ROU TER A) Modem (WA N) Co nnector Connect your modem to this port using an Ethernet cable. B) Wired (LAN) Connecto rs Connect computers and other wired network devices to these ports using Ethernet cables. C ) Reset Button This button is used to restart your Rout er in rare case s when it functions incorrectly [...]

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    14 TECHNIC AL DET AILS T echnical Features Integ rated 80 2. 1 1 n Wir eless Ac cess Po int Utilizing MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) smar t- a nt e n na te c h n ol o g y, yo u r R o u te r c a n r e ac h da t a t r a ns f e r sp eed s of up t o 4 50M bps acr os s you r n etw ork . NA T IP Address Sharing T o sa ve yo u t h e c o s t o f a d[...]

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    15 TECHNIC AL DET AILS System Re quirement s R ou t e r Broadband Int ernet connection such as a cable or DSL modem with RJ45 ( Ethernet ) connection At least one computer with an installed network interface adapter TCP / IP net working protocol installed on each computer RJ45 E thernet networking cable Internet browser Setup Software A computer ru[...]

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    16 USI NG YOUR ROU TER Enabling Auto Update on Y our Belkin Router T h e R ou t er h as t he c ap a b il i t y to a u t om a t i ca l l y c h e ck fo r a n ew e r ve r s i o n o f f ir m wa r e a n d a l e r t y o u w he n it ’s av a i la b l e. Y o u c a n c h o os e t o d o w nl o a d t h e n ew ve r s io n or i gn o r e i t . B y d e fa u l t [...]

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    17 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 17 5. Tow a rd t he l ow er -h a l f s i d e o f t h e s c re e n y ou w il l fin d “Auto Upd ate Fir mware Ena bli ng ” . 6. S e l e ct “ En a b l e” by cl i c k i ng th e ra d i o b u t to n a n d t h e n click “ Apply Changes” at the bottom of the screen.  4. C l i ck o n “ S ys t e m S et t in g s ” i n[...]

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    18 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 18 U p da t i n g Y o u r R ou t e r v i a You r S ys t e m T ray (W indows) o r Me nu Bar (Mac) O n ce yo u h a ve co m p l et e d t h e s et u p p r o ce s s , y ou w il l n e e d to u pd a te t he n ew s o f t w a re fo r y o ur Ro u t er. T h i s c a n b e d o n e easily via your computer’s system tray or menu bar . Set[...]

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    19 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 19 U p da t i n g t h e R o u t e r ’s F i r mw a r e via th e Web Inte r face T h e fo l l ow i n g s te p s s h ow yo u h o w t o u p da t e y ou r R o u te r ’s f ir m wa r e u s i ng i ts we b i n te r fa c e . You d o n o t n e e d t o b e c o nn e c t ed to t he Inte rne t a s th is i nte rf ace is b uil t in to t h[...]

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    20 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 20 4. Open a web browser on the computer . 5. I n th e a d d re s s b a r o f t h e w e b b ro w se r, t y p e “ h t t p: //19 2 . 16 8. 2 . 1 ” a n d p re s s “ En t e r ” o n y o ur ke yb o a r d. 6. C l i ck “ L og i n ” i n t h e u p pe r ri g h t- h a n d c o rn e r o f t h e p a g e. T h e Router does not sh[...]

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    21 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 21 8. C l i ck t he “ B ro w se ” b u t t o n t ow ar d th e mi d d le of t he screen to search for the file you sav ed previously . Note: The firmw are version in the images belo w is depicted as an example. Y our file name will vary d ep e n d in g o n yo u r m o de l an d v e r si o n . 9. S ele ct the fir mwar e fi le[...]

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    22 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 22 10 . Clic k th e “ Up date ” bu tt on. 11. A p r o mp t a s k i ng , “A r e y ou s ur e y o u w an t t o c o n t in u e w it h up g r ad i n g? ” wi l l a p p ea r. C l i ck “ OK ”. 12 . A se c o n d p r om p t w i l l o pe n te l li n g y o u t h e R ou t e r w il l no t r es p o n d d ur i n g t h e u p gr a [...]

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    23 USI NG YOUR ROU TER Resetting the Router Reset Button – Red T h e “ R es e t ” b ut t o n i s u s e d i n r a re c as e s w h e n t h e R o ut e r m ay f u n c t io n i m p r op e r l y. Re s e t t in g th e R o u te r w i l l r e st o re t he Router’ s normal operation while maintaining the programmed s et t i n g s. Y o u c a n a l s o[...]

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    24 USI NG YOUR ROU TER R e s to r in g t h e R o ut e r to D e f a ul t Set t ings Usin g t he W e b In ter fac e Symptoms You n e e d t o r e st o re t he fa c t or y d e fa u l t s u si n g t h e w e b i nt e r f ac e . T hi s ma y b e b e c a us e th e R o u te r i s no t p e r f o rm i n g a s e x pe c t e d or you wish to remov e all previousl[...]

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    25 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 4. Cli ck on “ Re sto re Fa ctor y Def ault s” in t he lef t- hand column under the “Utilities” heading . 5 . Clic k o n th e “ Re stor e De faul ts ” bu tt on. [...]

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    26 USI NG YOUR ROU TER 6. A wa rn ing box w ill op en t hat says , “ Warn ing: Al l you r se tt ing s wi ll b e lo st. Ar e you sur e yo u wan t to do thi s?” C lic k “ OK ” . 7 . T h e R ou t er w il l b e g i n t h e r es t o ri n g p r o c es s . O n c e the restor e is complete , the Rout er will reboot. Note: T hi s m a y t a ke se ve [...]

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    27 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY T roubleshooting Th e S etu p CD do es n ot auto ma tic al ly s ta rt . I f B e lk i n S e t up do e s n o t r u n w h en yo u i n s e r t t h e C D - R OM , y o ur co mpu ter may n ot b e c onf igu red to o pen CDs aut omat ic all y . I f B e lk i n S e t up do e s n o t a p pe a r w i t h in 15 s ec o [...]

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    28 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY Belkin Setup cannot connect my Router to the Inter net. I f B e lk i n S e t up is n ot ab l e t o c o n ne c t t h e R o u te r t o the Inte rnet, please check the following it ems: 1. Use the troubleshooting suggestions within Belkin Setup . 2. I f y o u r I SP re q u ir e s a us e r n a m e a n d p a [...]

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    29 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY B e lk i n S e t u p c o mp l e t e d i ns t a l l at i o n , b u t I ca n n o t b r ow s e t h e Web. Th e li ght on th e fr ont of my Ro ute r i s so li d am be r . 1. Use the troubleshooting suggestions within Belkin Setup . 2. I f y o u r I SP re q u ir e s a us e r n a m e a n d p a ss w or d , m a [...]

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    30 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY I c a n ’t c on n e c t t o t h e I n t e rn e t w i r e le s s l y a n d m y networ k name is no t lis ted in Av ailable Network s. 1. Ver if y th at y our Rou ter is o n an d t he front-panel light shows solid blue. 2. If you are far from th e Ro uter, yo u mi ght tr y movi ng cl ose r to see if you [...]

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    31 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY I ’ ve i n s t a ll e d th i s n e w R o u te r an d so m e o f my n e t w o rk cl i e n t s ( compute rs, game consoles, etc. ) are now u nable t o conn ect . You r n ew R ou t er c am e pr e - c o n fi g u r ed wi t h a ne t w o r k n am e an d p as s w or d , f ou n d p r i nt e d o n a n a t t a c [...]

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    32 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY Does the Router support Wi reless Pro tected A ccess (WP A) securi ty? T h e R ou t er s hi p s w i t h W PA / W PA 2 s e c ur i t y tu r n e d o n. W in d o ws XP an d s o m e o l d er ne t w o r k h ar d w ar e m a y req uir e a sof t ware upd ate to s upp or t WPA / WPA2. I am havi ng diffic ulty sett[...]

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    33 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY I a m h a v in g di f f i c ul t y s et t in g up W ir e d E q u iv a l en t Pri vacy (WEP ) secur ity on my Router . 1. L og i n to your Rou ter. Vi sit http:/ /router/ with your w eb browser . Click on the “Login” button in the top right-hand corner of the s c re e n. Y o u w i l l b e a s ke d t o[...]

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    34 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY T echnical Support US http:/ /w ww.belkin .com/support UK http:/ /w ww.belkin .com/uk /support Australia http:/ /w ww.belkin .com/au/support New Zealand http:/ /w ww.belkin .com/au/support Singapore 1 800 622 1 1 30 Europ e http:/ /w ww.belkin .com/uk /support[...]

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    35 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY B e l ki n I n te r n a t io n a l , I n c. , L i m it e d 2- Y ear Product War rant y Wh at t hi s wa rra nt y c over s. B el k i n I n te r n at i o n al , I n c . ( “ Be l k i n ”) wa r r an t s t o t h e o r i g in a l purchaser of this Belkin product tha t the product shall be free of def ects i[...]

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    36 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY How t o get service. T o ge t s e r v i c e f o r yo u r B e l k in pr o d u ct yo u must take the follow ing steps: 1. C on t a c t B el k i n I n te r n at i o n al , I n c ., a t 12 0 4 5 E . Wa t er f r on t D r iv e, Pl a ya Vi s t a , CA 9 0 0 9 4, A t t n: Cu s t om e r S e r v i c e, o r c a ll ([...]

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    37 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANTY How st ate law re la tes to t he war ran ty. THIS W ARR ANTY CONT AINS THE SOLE WARRANTY OF BELKIN. THERE ARE NO OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESSED O R, E XC EP T A S R E QU I R ED B Y L AW, I M PL I ED , I NC L UD I NG T HE IM P LI E D WA RR A N T Y O R CO N D IT I O N O F Q UA LI T Y, MERCHANT ABILIT Y OR FI[...]

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    38 REGULA TORY INFORMA TION FCC Statement D EC L A R AT I ON O F C O NF O R M IT Y WI T H F C C R U LE S FOR ELECTROMA GNETIC COMP A TIBILIT Y We , B e lk i n I n te r n at i o n al , I n c ., o f 12 0 4 5 E . Wa t er f r on t D r i ve , P l ay a V is t a , C A 9 0 0 9 4, de c l a re u nd e r o u r s o l e r es p o n si b i li t y t ha t t h e d e [...]

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    39 REGULA TORY INFORMA TION Canada- Industry Canada (IC) T h e w ir e l es s ra d i o o f t h is d ev i c e c o mp l i e s w it h RS S 13 9 & R S S 210 I n d u st r y Ca n a da . Th i s C l a s s B d i g i ta l apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. O p er a t io n is su b j e ct to t he fo l l ow i n g t w o c o nd i t i on s : (1 ) t hi s[...]

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    © 201 1 Be lk in In ter nat ion al, I nc. A ll ri ght s re ser ve d. Al l tra de na mes a re re gis ter ed tr ade ma rks o f respecti ve manufacturers listed. Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc. , registered in the U.S. a nd ot her c oun tri es . Win dows , Win dow s Vis ta, a nd I nter net E xp lo rer a re ei the r reg is tere d tr ade ma[...]