Belkin BASIC F7D1101 manual

B asic Wi re le ss Us B Ad Apter User Manual F7D 1 1 0 1 8820 -0 0382[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .............................................. . 1 Be ne fi t s o f a H om e Ne t wo rk .................................... 1 Adv an ta ge s of a Wi re le s s N et work .............................. 2 Pl ac em en t of you r Wi re le s s Net wor ki ng H ar dw ar e f or O pt im al Performance ........................[...]

1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Belkin Basic Wireless US B Adap ter . N o w y o u ca n t a k e ad va nt ag e of t h i s g re at n ew t e c h n o l o g y an d ga in t h e fr e e d o m to n et w o r k yo u r h om e an d o f f i c e c o m p u t e r s w i r e l e s s l y. T h i s A d ap t e r a l l o w s y o u t o co n n e c t a n ot e b o [...]

2 INTRODUCTION Advan ta ge s of a W ire le s s Ne t wor k • M o bi li t y – you’ ll no longer need a dedicated “comput er r o o m ” — n o w yo u c a n w o r k on a n et w o r ke d l a p t o p o r desktop computer anywhere within your wireless range • Easy installation – B e l k i n E a s y I n s t a l l a t i o n Wizards mak e setup[...]

3 INTRODUCTION Plac e me nt of yo ur Wir el e ss N et workin g Hardw are for Optimal Perfor mance Y o u r w i r e l e s s c on n e c ti o n w i l l b e s t r o n ge r t h e c l o s e r yo u r c o m p u te r i s t o y o ur wi re l e s s ro ut e r ( o r a c c e s s p o i n t ). Ty p i c a l i n do o r o p e r at in g r a n ge fo r yo u r w ir el e s [...]

4 INTRODUCTION 1. Pla c em e nt o f you r W ir e le s s Ro u te r (or Ac c e ss Po in t) P l a c e y o ur wi re le s s r o ut e r (o r ac c e s s po i n t), th e c e n t r a l c o n ne c t i on po i n t o f yo ur ne t w o r k , a s c l o se a s p o s s i b l e to th e ce nte r of yo ur w ire l es s ne t wo rk d ev ic es . T o a c hi ev e t he b e s[...]

5 INTRODUCTION 3. Cord less Phone Placement I f t h e pe r f o r m a n c e of yo u r w ir el e s s n et w o r k i s im p a i r e d a f t e r attending t o the abo ve issues, and you hav e a cordless phone: • Tr y m ov in g c o r d l e s s p h o n e s a w a y f ro m th e w ir e l e s s r ou te r ( or access point ) and your wireless-enabled comput[...]

6 INTRODUCTION 5. Secure Connecti ons, VPNs, and AOL S e c ur e c o n n e c t i o n s t y pi c a l l y r e q u i r e a us er n a m e a n d p a s sw o r d, a n d are used where security is import ant. Secure connect ions include : • V i r t ua l P r i v a t e N et w o r k ( V P N ) c o n ne c t i o n s , o f t e n u s e d t o co n n e c t re mo t [...]

7 O VERVIEW P r o d u c t F e a t u r e s T h e Ad a pt e r c o m p li e s w i t h th e I EE E 8 0 2 . 1 1g s p e c i f i c a ti o n to communicat e with other 802. 1 1 g- compliant wi re le s s d ev ic e s a t up to 5 4Mb p s* . T h e Ad a pt e r i s a l s o co m p a t i bl e w i t h 8 02 . 1 1n d ev i c e s a t 15 0 M b ps a s we ll a s 8 0 2 .1 [...]

8 O VERVIEW Applications and Adv antages • W i r e l e s s r o a m in g wi t h a l a p t op ar o u n d t h e h om e or of f i ce – O ffers the freedom of networking without cables • Connection rates of up to 1 50Mbps * – P r o v i de s i m m ed ia te h ig h - s p e e d wi re le s s c o n ne c t i vi t y at h o m e , work, and hotspot locati[...]

9 O VERVIEW Product Specificat ions Ho st In te r f ac e: US B 2.0 Operating T emperature: 32– 1 4 0 degrees F (0– 6 0 degrees C) Storage T emperature: -4 –1 7 6 degrees F ( -20 – 80 degrees C ) Humidity: Max. 90% ( non- condensing) T y p i c a l O p e r a ti ng Ra n g e: Up to 1, 0 0 0 f t .** *NOTE: T h e s t a n d a r d t r a n s m is s [...]

10 O VERVIEW ( a ) P rotecti ve Cap Th e ca p is p rov id e d t o p ro te ct t he US B co n ne c tor d u r in g t r a n s po r t at i o n . R em ov e t he c a p b ef o r e i ns e r t i n g t h e Ad a pt e r to y o ur c o m p ut e r ’s U S B p o r t . (b ) Powe r/Activi ty LED Lights when the Adapt er is powered on and flashes when it is active. ([...]

11 O VERVIEW System R equire ment s • PC-compatible laptop with one av ailable USB 2.0 bus-power por t • W in d ows ® XP with SP2 or l ater , Wi ndow s Vis ta ® , o r Wi nd ow s 7 Package Contents • B a si c Wi re le s s U SB Ad ap ter • Quick Installation Guide • CD with Installation Software and User Manual[...]

12 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A . In st a lla ti on Pr oc es s fo r Win dows V ist a a nd 7 NOTE: F o r i nf o r m a t io n o n u p d a t e d dr i v e r s , p le a s e v i s i t th e Be lk i n we b si te at w ww.belkin .com/support. IMPORT ANT : I N STAL L TH E SO F T WA R E BEFORE INSERTING THE ADAPTER. A .1 Insert t he In sta[...]

13 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A.3 The InstallS hield Wizard will start t he in stallati on pr ocess. A.4 A w i n d ow m ay a pp e a r s h ow in g t h e m e s s a g e , “ W i n do w s c a n ’ t v e r i f y t h e p u b l i s he r o f t hi s dr i ve r so f t wa re ”. T h is D O E S N OT i n d i c a t e a p ro bl e m . O u r [...]

14 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A.5 When prompted, plug in your Adapter . A.6 W h en th e in st a l l a t i o n c om p l e t e s , y o u w il l s e e t h e following pop- up message on your Windo ws taskbar .[...]

15 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A .7 Click “Finish” to restar t your computer . A.8 T o c o n n e c t t o th e I nt e r n e t , op e n t h e N et w o r k an d S h a r i ng Ce nt e r by first opening the Control Panel from the “Star t ” menu.[...]

16 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A.9 In the Co ntrol Pane l, click o n “View netwo rk sta tus a nd task s” . A .1 0 In th e Ne t w o r k a nd Sh a r i n g C en te r, c li c k o n “ C o n n ec t to a ne t w o r k ”.[...]

17 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A .11 I n t h e n ex t sc r e e n , se le c t a n av a i la b l e wireless network and click “Connect” . A .1 2 Y our A dapter will attempt to connect to the selected network.[...]

18 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A .1 3 De pe n d i n g on t h e s e c u r i t y se t t i ng s of y o ur wi re l e s s ne t w o r k , yo u ma y b e p r o m p t e d t o e n t e r a ne t w o r k s e c u r i t y k e y o r a passphrase. Click “Connec t ” after y ou have done so. A .14 Af te r c o nn e ct in g to th e ne t wo rk , [...]

19 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R A .1 5 Th e N et w o r k an d S h a r i ng C e n t e r no w in di c a t e s th e n et w o r k c o n ne c t i on th at yo u ha v e j u s t e s t a b l i s h e d. T he li n k s o n th e l ef t of th e wi nd ow al l ow you to c on fi g ur e yo ur n et w or k co nn e ct i on s.[...]

20 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R B. In st a lla ti on Pr oc es s fo r Win dows X P IMPORT ANT : I N STAL L TH E SO F T WA R E BEFORE INSERTING THE ADAPTER. B .1 Insert t he In stallati on So ft ware CD int o y our CD-ROM d rive . B.2 T h e Be lk i n W i r e le s s Ad ap t e r In st a l l e r s c r e e n wi ll a u t o m at i c a l [...]

21 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R B.3 S e l e c t a d e st in at i o n f o l de r f o r t h e s o f t wa re in st a l l a t i o n b y c l i c k i n g “Brows e”; or , sim ply cl ick “Ne xt ” to instal l to the def ault location . B. 4 A S e tu p S t a t u s sc r e e n l et s yo u k n o w w h er e you a re in t he s etu p pr [...]

22 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R B.5 A w i n d o w ma y ap p e a r s h o w i n g t he m e s s ag e, “ T h e s of t wa r e you are instal ling … ” This D OES NO T ind icate a p roblem . Our soft ware has been fully tested and is compa tible with this o p e ra ti ng sy s te m . C li c k o n “ C o nt in ue A n y wa y ” to c[...]

23 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R B.7 Th e Fo u n d N e w H a r d w a re Wi z a r d m i g h t a p p e a r i n 3 –15 s ec o n d s . I f i t d o e s , s el e c t “ I n s t a l l t h e s o f t w a re a u t o m at i c a l l y ” a nd c l i c k “ N e x t ” to i ns t a l l t h e s o f t w a re . B.8 Click “Finish” to restart[...]

24 IN ST ALLI NG A ND S ET TIN G UP T HE ADAP TE R Con ne c ti ng to a S e cur e Wi - Fi ® N e t w o r k I f y o u ch o o s e to c o n n e c t to a s e c u r e n e t wo r k , det er m in e t h e t ype o f s e cu ri t y ( WPA / W PA2 or WEP) and use the appropriate field in the dialog box. Wi re l es s Eq ui va le n t P ri vac y (W E P) i s a le s [...]

25 TROUBLESHOOTING I c a n’ t co nn e c t t o th e In t er ne t wi re l e ss l y. I f y o u ar e u na b l e t o c o n n e c t t o t h e I n t e r n et fr om a w i r e l e s s computer , please check the follo wing items : L o o k at th e li gh t s o n yo ur wi re le s s r o ut e r. I f yo u ’ r e u s i n g a Belkin Wireless Router , the lights [...]

26 TROUBLESHOOTING Li nk L ED i s b li n ki ng s lo wl y; I ca n no t c o nn e c t to a wi re l es s n et w or k o r th e I nt er ne t . I f y o u r A d ap t e r ap p e a r s t o b e f u n c t i o n in g p ro p e r l y, b u t y o u c an n o t c o n ne c t t o a n e t wo r k o r yo u h av e a r e d w i r e l e s s i c o n a t th e bo t t o m o f you[...]

27 TROUBLESHOOTING Da t a t r a ns fe r is s om e ti m es s lo w. W i r e le s s t e c h n o l o g y i s r ad io - b a s e d , w h i c h me a n s c on n e c t i v i t y and the throughput per formance between de vices decreases when the distance between de vices increases. O t h e r f ac to r s t h a t will cause signal degradation ( metal is gener[...]

28 TROUBLESHOOTING Limiting the wireless transmit rate – Limiting the wireless transmit r a t e c a n h e l p i m p r o v e t h e ma x i mu m w ir el e s s r an g e, a n d c on n e c t i o n stability . Most wireless cards ha ve the ability to li mit the transmission rate . T o change this propert y , go to the Windows Control Panel , o p e n “[...]

29 TROUBLESHOOTING Th e Ad ap te r do e s n o t p e r f or m o r co n ne c t io n is s low wh e n c o mp ut e r h a s a b ui l t- i n wi re d Et h er ne t c ar d. T h i s c o n d i ti o n o c c ur s if yo u r c o m p u te r ha s an ac t i v e E t h e r n e t c a r d w hi l e yo u r A d ap te r is al s o a c t i ve . T h i s h ap p e n s be c a u s [...]

30 TROUBLESHOOTING Be l ki n Wi re l es s C om pa r is on C ha r t *Distance and connection speeds will vary depending on y our networking environment. W i r e l e s s T echnolo gy G ( 8 0 2 . 11 g ) Basic ( 1x 1 8 0 2 .11 n ) Surf/Share N MIMO 8 0 2 .11 n Play Dual- Band MIMO 8 0 2 .11 n Speed/ Data Rate* Up to 5 4Mb p s* Up to 150M bp s* Up to 3 [...]

31 TROUBLESHOOTING T e c h n i c a l Su p p o r t 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 6 22 1 1 30 Europ e http:/ /w ww.belkin. com/uk /support[...]

32 FCC Statement D E C L A R ATI O N O F C O N F O R M I T Y W I T H F C C R U L E S FOR ELE CTROMAGNETIC COMP A TIBILIT Y We , B e l k i n In t e r n a t io n a l , I n c. , o f 120 4 5 Wa te r f r on t D r i v e , L o s A n g el e s , C A 9 0 0 9 4 , d e c l a re un d e r o u r s o l e r e sp o n s i bi li t y t h a t t h e p r o d u c t , F 7 D1[...]

33 INFORMA TION FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly a p p ro v e d by t he pa r t y r e sp o n s i bl e f o r c o m p l ia n c e c o u l d void the user’ s authority to operate this equipment. IMPORT ANT NOTE: Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radia tion exposur e limits set forth f o r a n un c o n[...]

34 INFORMA TION B e lk i n I n t e rn a t i o n a l, I n c . , L i m i t e d 2- Y ear Product W arranty Wh at t h is wa rr a nt y c ove rs . B e l k i n I n te r n a t i o n a l , I n c. (“ B e l k i n ” ) w a r r a n ts to th e o r i g i na l purchaser of this Belkin product that the product shall be free o f d e f e c t s i n d e s i g n , a [...]

35 INFORMA TION How to get ser vice. T o g e t s er v ic e fo r yo u r B el k i n p ro du c t yo u must tak e the f ollowing st eps: 1 . Co nt ac t B el ki n In ter n at io n al, I nc ., a t 120 45 Wate r f ro nt Dr i ve, L o s A ng e le s, CA 9 0 09 4, At t n: C us to me r Se r v i ce, o r c al l ( 8 0 0) -2 23 - 5 5 4 6 , w it h i n 15 d a y s of[...]

36 INFORMA TION How s t at e la w r e l at es t o t h e wa rr an t y. THIS W ARRANT Y CO NT AINS THE SOLE WARRANTY OF BELKIN. THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES, E XPRESSED O R , E XC E P T A S RE Q U IR E D BY L AW, I M P L IE D, IN CL U D I NG T H E I M PL I E D WAR R A N T Y O R CO ND IT I O N O F Q UA L I T Y, MERCHANT ABILIT Y OR FITNESS FOR A P AR[...]

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