Belkin F8T030 manual

Bluetooth ™ Access Point with USB Print Server Access your network and USB printers through Bluetooth devices U ser Manual F8T030 P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:33 PM Page 1[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Intr odu ction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Overview P ackag e Conten ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System Requirem ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

2 INTRODUCTION Congr atulati ons on your pur chase of this Bluetooth A ccess P oin t with USB Prin t Server (the AP) fr om Belkin. Th e AP adds th e convenien ce o f wireless Bluetooth techn ology and LAN prin tin g to a USB prin ter . Print jobs can be sen t to th e connected U SB printers fr om a computer or PD A via Bluetooth an d the wir ed LAN[...]

OVERVIEW 3 P ack age Contents • Bluetooth A ccess P oin t with USB Prin t Server • Print Server U tility CD-Rom • User M an ual • Quick In stallati on Guid e • Registrati on Car d System Requir ements • At least on e computin g devi ce equipped with Bluetooth wireless techn ology • T CP/IP n etworking pr otocol installed in each wir e[...]

Key F eatur es and Benefits • Offers compatibility with any Bluetooth v1.1-compli an t devi ce • Allows you to work at distances o f up to 100 m eters • Features flash-upgr ad e support • Offers built-in security using 128-bit en crypti on and auth enti cati on, allowing you to securely access an y Bluetooth d evice with out wires • Offer[...]

OVERVIEW 5 Applications SOHO (Sm all Offi ce/Hom e Office) • SOHO users wh o n eed easy and qui ck setup Wireless r oamin g with a PDA or laptop ar ound th e h ome or o ffice • Gain the fr eed om you need to access th e W eb , an d e-mail ar oun d the h om e and o ffi ce with out cables Wireless prin tin g with your PDA or laptop • Print wir [...]

6 OVERVIEW Product Specifications Bluetooth Compli ance V ersion 1.1 Physi cal Interf aces 2 USB A Conn ectors, RJ45 Connector Operatin g Frequen cy 2.4 to 2.4835GHz Output P ower 0 to 20 dBm, Class 1 Sensitivity < 0.1% BER at -70 dBm Data Rate 723/56Kbps Asyn chron ous, 400/400Kbps Synchr onous Operati on Rang e 100-meter (333 ft.) r adius ind [...]

7 OVERVIEW Unit Display Diagrams: P ower LED (Green) System LED (Green) LAN LED (Green) Connected LED (Green) Bluetooth LED (Blue) U SB 1 LED (Amber) U SB LED 2 (Amber) P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 7[...]

8 OVERVIEW Front P anel: Pow er LED (Gr een) On: Indi cates that th e AP is receivin g power System LED (Gr een) Blinks once per secon d: AP has obtain ed a valid IP ad dr ess or has a pr e-configur ed IP add r ess Blinks 3 times per secon d: AP has n ot obtained a vali d IP Ad d ress LAN LED (Green) On: AP is connected to an Eth ern et network Off[...]

9 OVERVIEW Connected LED (Green) On: AP is connected to th e In ternet Off: AP is not conn ected to th e Intern et (or has not been able to con tact an y of th e common In tern et sites) Bluetooth LED (Blue) On: At least on e Bluetooth d evice is conn ected to the AP Off: No Bluetooth d evi ces are conn ected to the AP Blinking: In di cates Bluetoo[...]

OVERVIEW 10 Rear P anel: USB P ort 1 DC P ower J ack RJ45 Ethern et J ack P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 10[...]

Connecting Network Cables and P ow ering On Connect on e en d of a stan dar d CA T5 twisted-pair cable to th e RJ45 connector on th e AP and conn ect th e other en d to a 10Base-T or 100Base-T Ethern et r outer/switch or wall dr op jack. HARDW ARE INS T ALLA TION 11 W all J ack P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 11[...]

Connect th e in clud ed power adapter in to an available power outlet. A ttach the barr el plug into th e power jack o f the AP . Y ou should see the power LED li ght turn on, th e system ligh t blink a few tim es, an d then th e system, LAN, U SB 1, USB 2, an d Bluetooth ligh ts will blink r epeatedly as the AP initi ates itself. The initi ati on [...]

Connecting USB Printers (optional) The AP supports up to two U SB prin ters. Please d o not conn ect an y devi ces other than a USB prin ter dir ectly to these ports . 1. A ttach on e en d of a U SB cable to one o f th e USB ports on th e AP . 2. Connect th e oth er end to an available U SB prin ter . 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 above f or a second pri[...]

The IP ad d ress will autom atically be set if your n etwork has DHCP . Once th e AP is conn ected to the n etwork, it will attempt to get an ad d ress fr om a DHCP server upon power up. Note: The AP will use the stored address and will not try DHCP if an IP address has been manually stored via the web manager . Once th e AP obtain s an add ress fr[...]

Connecting Is as Easy as 1.2.3.4 I t’s easy to conn ect to th e AP and m anag e it. Y ou can connect to th e AP using Bluetooth technology , and a browser to conn ect to: h ttp://1.2.3.4. This is the ad dr ess of every AP as seen from Bluetooth clien ts, m akin g man aging it as easy as 1-2-3-4. Viewing Netw ork P arameters The curr en t IP add r[...]

Bluetooth Client Connectivity The curr en t firmwar e release supports g en eral AP fun ction ality . Fr om a Bluetooth clien t, you can perform Devi ce Discovery an d Service Discovery on th e AP , and attach to the n etwork vi a LAN access over PPP pr ofile . Th e AP has a built-in NA T r outer that supplies clien ts with in ternal IP ad dr esses[...]

user nam e an d password . When th e cli ent pr ompts for a PPP conn ecti on user nam e an d password , use user n ame “guest” an d password “guest” (with out th e quotes). Some cli en ts also requir e link-key establishm en t befor e connectin g. If a di alog box appears asking f or a Bluetooth P assk ey , enter “belkin” . For mor e in[...]

4. Y ou should see “discovering servi ces”, and th en thr ee icon s will appear . Double-click on the “LAN access usin g PPP” i con. 5. Y ou will see “conn ecting, status” an d th en a Bluetooth Nu ll Connection bo x will appear . T ype in “guest” as the user n am e and “guest” as th e passwor d. Cli ck on “CONNECT” . Y our [...]

U sin g a Bluetooth PD A Ad apter Card (part n umber F8T020) or P ock et PC PDA s with WIDCOMM stack such as HP/Compaq iP AQ: 1. T ap on the Bluetooth i con at th e bottom righ t o f the scr een (i con is blue with two opposing arr ows). 2. Select “ Bluetooth Mana ger ” . 3. T ap “Search” in the bottom tool bar . 4. When th e AP is f ound ,[...]

Us ing Pock et PC PD A s with Socket CF Car ds First go to th e “T oday” page o f th e P ock et PC. If the Sock et softwar e is pr operly installed , an d a working CF car d exists in th e slot, you sh ould see a Bluetooth i con in the lower ri gh t-hand corn er . 1. T ap the icon. 2. T ap “ Bluetooth LAN Access” . 3. T ap the “Find” bu[...]

Socket appli cati on will then always conn ect to this AP . In addition, certain appli cati ons , such as P ocket Explorer , can be setup to automatically conn ect to the AP wh en pag es are r equested . Us ing Palm Handheld with SDIO Car d Find th e Bluetooth i con and cli ck on it. (Y ou may need to have th e “ ALL” or “Unfiled” category [...]

To connect, simply run an appli cation that uses LAN access , su ch as Eud ora e-m ail, web browser , or a network. HotSyn c an d the P alm will autom ati cally connect to th e AP . U sin g PC Car ds with Digi answer stacks (T oshiba, IBM, Motor ola) 1. Set up virtual COM. ports on th e laptop. 2. Setup direct cable conn ecti on on the laptop to us[...]

U sing 3Com PC Car ds Connectin g to th e AP using th e 3COM clien t on a laptop involves first settin g up the clien t (please r efer to the 3COM Bluetooth manu al for this). Th e AP uses the “3COM LAN Access Cli en t” . 1. Run the “ Bluetooth Conn ecti on Man ager” fr om th e 3COM Bluetooth f old er . 2. Start the d evi ce discovery in th[...]

“MY BLUETOOTH PLACES ” PROGRAM Ethernet LAN Connectivity The AP appears as a typi cal IP n ode on th e network, with support f or pin g, telnet, FTP file service , and http file servi ce . To test the IP ad dr ess settin g, you can browse or pin g the IP ad d ress . To browse th e AP , use the followin g URL: “h ttp://x.x.x.x/” wher e “x.[...]

“MY BLUETOOTH PLACES ” PROGRAM The AP can be easily m an aged usin g any web br owser , in cludin g a Bluetooth connected clien t br owser . T o access th e web m anag er , simply browse th e IP ad dr ess of th e unit, or if connected vi a a Bluetooth cli ent, you can altern ately browse h ttp://1.2.3.4/. Th e m ain pag e appears as f ollows: U[...]

UNINST ALLING THE SOFTWARE On the m ain pag e you will see some useful inf ormati on, su ch as • Connected to: N am e of th e AP . • Uptime: H ow lon g the unit has been oper ation al sin ce the last r eboot. • IP add r ess: IP add ress o f th e AP that was obtained autom atically vi a DHCP or set man u ally . • V er: V ersi on and d ate co[...]

UNINST ALLING THE SOFTWARE LAN The Belkin AP allows you to autom atically obtain an IP add ress or set one m anually . From this pag e you can access TCP/IP settin gs • Host N ame • IP Ad dress • Subnet M ask • Router/Gateway • DNS • Domain To chang e network settings , click or tap on the “CHANGE” button. USING THE WEB MANAGER 27 P[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 28 U se this pag e to view/chang e permanen t stored settin gs of th e unit. Y ou can also r eset all settin gs to factory def ault values by clicking on th e “RESET” button. Reset will enable th e AP to obtain an IP addr ess automatically fr om the network. IMPORT ANT NOTE: Changes to these settings will not take effect u[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 29 Bluetooth From this pag e you can view and chan ge Bluetooth settings . • Bluetooth Name • Bluetooth Conn ections • Data Activity P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 29[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 30 Bluetooth Status A ddr ess: Indicates th e Bluetooth d evice ad dress o f the AP . Every Bluetooth d evice has a unique Bluetooth Device A ddr ess (BDA). Connections: Indi cates the total number o f Bluetooth d evi ces that are curren tly connected to the AP . Link Status: Indi cates the type of conn ection. P ackets IN: In[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 31 Bluetooth Settings Friendly Name: He re you may chan ge th e Bluetooth name of your AP . The Bluetooth name is what appears when a Bluetooth cli ent discovers the AP . Max Clients: He re you may specify th e max imu m nu mber of Bluetooth clien ts that can be connected to th e AP at one time . The AP supports up to seven si[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 32 USB Y ou can connect up to two USB prin ters and print to th em via Bluetooth or the (wir ed) LAN. If you have two USB prin ters connected to the AP , both may be accessed vi a Bluetooth only . The wir ed LAN will only have access to the USB prin ter connected to the lower U SB port. From this pag e you can view the curr en[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 33 Security The AP can be confi gured as an open box, wh ereby all users have access with a common user nam e and password . The def ault user name is “guest” an d the d efault passwor d is “guest” . Strong er security can also be implemented wh ere users and th eir unique passwords are cr eated. In additi on, Bluetoot[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 34 Bluetooth U sers Y ou may create up to ei ght users with indivi dual passwor ds. This feature is disabled by def ault. • Show U sers • Ad d/Change U ser • Delete User • Set User M ode Show U sers: Lists the users n ame and password f or each created user account. P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 34[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 35 A dd/Change U ser: U se this to add a n ew user or to edit a user nam e and password . T ype the user nam e and password in th e provi ded text bo x. Click or tap on the “UPDA TE” button to submit changes . Delete User: Delete a user accoun t. T ype the nam e of the user you wish to d elete in th e user name te xt box. [...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 36 Set User Mode: This featur e allows you to enable or disable user m ode . By def ault, this feature is set to “OFF” . Click or tap on th e “ON” radio button to enable this featur e. Cli ck or tap on the “OFF” radi o button to disable. NOTE: Changes to these settings will not take effect until a reboot has occurr[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 37 W eb Manager Y ou may en able the web m anager auth enticati on to provid e protection again st unwanted access to the web in terface on the ad dress h ttp://1.2.3.4. When enabled , the user attempting to access th e web manag er will be prompted to enter a user n ame an d password bef ore you can access the web m anager in[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 38 Utilities Upgrading The AP Firm ware: W eb Manager The AP supports firm ware update vi a http from an y web server . Browse the IP ad dress , then select “U tilities”, then “Upgr ade” pages . Y ou should see a pag e showin g the curren t release in the unit an d a URL pointing to www .belkin.com/support/F8T030.sw . [...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 39 Rebooting the AP After an upgrad e completes, you will need to r eboot the unit by cycling power or clickin g the “REBOO T” button. NOTE: Once the REBOO T button is clicked, you will lose all network and Bluetooth connections, including the web manager . Some clients may require a reset. P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:[...]

USING THE WEB MANAGER 40 F actory Reset U se this opti on to revert all settings of your AP back to the factory presets . See the “Default Settin gs” section f or a complete list of def ault values. Net Ping T est Y ou may check n etwork connection s manu ally by “pinging” a kn own server or IP add ress. Y ou may pin g a host to verify n et[...]

BLUETOOTH TO USB PRINTING 41 The AP con tains two extern al USB host ports . A USB-enabled prin ter can be attached to either port an d serviced from th e AP . Note: Y ou must add a printer , as a “Local Printer” (NOT Network Printer), and select the “Bluetooth Serial PORT” as its port. The m ethod of conn ecting to the prin ter is to use S[...]

BLUETOOTH TO USB PRINTING 42 2. Double-click on this i con. A connection vi a Serial P ort Profile over th e virtual COM port will be created . This is usually “COM3” or “COM4” but can be configur ed to anoth er port. 3. Go to “Con trol P anel” and open th e “Printers” fold er . 4. Select th e printer you have pre-in stalled that ma[...]

BLUETOOTH TO USB PRINTING 43 5. Und er th e “Ports” secti on, attach the printer to th e virtual COM port created . 6. Y ou should n ow be ready to prin t to your U SB prin ter that is connected to the AP via Bluetooth . NOTE: Each time you would lik e to print via the AP , you will have to double-click on the “Virtual [USB Printer]” icon f[...]

LAN PRINTING 44 Configuring your Netw ork Settings In ord er to connect to the In ternet, your AP needs an IP ad dress . T ypically th ese are provi ded to the AP by a DHCP server . The AP is set to obtain an IP ad dress fr om the Ethern et via DHCP . However , it is possible for you to pr e-configure a fix ed IP addr ess into the AP . This can be [...]

LAN PRINTING 45 Installing the Softw are 1. Insert th e USB Print Server U tility CD-ROM in the computer you wish to print fr om. 2. Click on th e “Setup.exe” file . 3. Y ou should see the f ollowing appear on your screen. Cli ck on the “Ne xt” button to begin the in stallation process . P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 45[...]

LAN PRINTING 46 4. Once th e software in stallation is complete , you will receive a m essage confirmin g the in stallation process . P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 46[...]

CONFIGURING YOUR PRINTER 47 Note: Y ou must add a printer , as a Local Printer (NOT a Network Printer), and select the port “Belkin” as its port. 1. Go to the Con trol P anel and open th e “Printers” f older . 2. Select the prin ter that is connected to the AP . 3. Select “File” then “Pr operties” from th e menu. (Y ou may also righ[...]

CONFIGURING YOUR PRINTER 48 5. Click on “Locate Servers” . 6. Y ou will see the server "BELKIN_xxx". Select it by clickin g on it. 7. Click “OK”, an d then close the “Prin t Server Properties” win dow . 8. Y our networked computer is n ow ready to prin t. P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 48[...]

DEF AUL T SETTINGS 49 The f ollowing are th e default settin gs for the d evice: • Bluetooth – En abled • USB – En abled • IP Ad dress – Obtain ed via DHCP (not stati c) • Bluetooth P asskey – Belkin • Bluetooth first cli ent add ress assign ed: 192.168.222.222 • Number o f PPP sessions: 5 • Serial P ort Profile: Data sen t to[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 50 I can connect to the AP but I cannot connect to e xternal web pages. Ve rify th e followin g: 1. The Eth ernet cable is properly conn ected to the AP unit. The LAN LED o f the AP should be on. If it is n ot on, then the d evice is not pr operly connected to the h ub . Please get a pr oper cable and plug it into a h ub port. 2. Co[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 51 If you have set the IP ad dress m anually: • Y ou may not have a set a d efault router (d efault gateway). • Y ou may not have set a DNS server . Go back to the AP h ome page (h ttp://1.2.3.4 if using Bluetooth clien t to configure) and select th e Configurati on page . On this page , set the d efault r outer and the DNS serv[...]

52 52 TROUBLESHOOTING What devices can I connect to the USB? The curr ently supported devi ces are USB prin ters. I get disconnected from the AP after a while . Some cli ents such as PD As and laptops disconn ect automati cally if the conn ection is i dle f or a while. Y ou will need to chan ge the di al-up networking settin gs on your PDA or lapto[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 53 I can bro wse IP addresses (such as the b uilt-in 1.2.3.4) but cannot access web pages using “www” address names . The DNS is pr obably not being set pr operly . Perhaps th e DNS server addr ess entered is no t valid, or on e was not received if DHCP was used . One way to guar antee DNS will work is to enter an ad dress m anu[...]

COMP ATIBILITY LIS T 54 Belkin has tested the AP an d found it to be compatible with th ese Bluetooth clien ts/produ cts: USB Adapter s Bluetooth U SB A dapter from Belkin, Class 1, part n umber F8T001 Bluetooth U SB A dapter from Belkin, Class 2, part n umber F8T003 PC Cards Bluetooth PC Card fr om Belkin, part number F8T002 Digi answer stack Rele[...]

COMP ATIBILITY LIS T 55 P ocket PC 2000 PDA s Compaq iP AQ with Bluetooth PDA A dapter Card fr om Belkin (part number F8T020) Compaq iP AQ with Socket CompactFlash Bluetooth car d P ocket PC 2002 PDA Compaq iP AQ H3800 with built-in Bluetooth HP Jorn ada with Socket CompactFlash Bluetooth car d Casio P ocket PC T oshiba 570 with Socket CompactFlash[...]

CONFIGURA TION NOTES 56 BDA A ddress IP Addr ess Netmask Router DNS Host Name P asske y P74181_F8T030_man.qxd 1/10/03 5:34 PM Page 56[...]

57 INFORMA TION DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETI C COMP A TIBILITY We, Belkin Corporati on, of 501 W est W alnut Str eet, Compton, CA 90220, declar e und er our sole r esponsibility that the pr odu ct, F8T030 to which this d eclaration relates , complies with P art 15 of th e FCC Rules . Operation is subject to th e f ol[...]

58 INFORMA TION This equipmen t gene rates, uses , and can radiate r adio frequency en ergy . If not installed an d used in accordance with the in struction s, it may cause harmful interfer ence to radio or televisi on reception, which can be d etermined by turning th e equipment o ff and on, the user is encour aged to try and correct th e interfer[...]

59 INFORMA TION Complian ce with this directive implies conf ormity to the following Eur opean Norms (in brack ets are the equivalen t internation al standards). • EN 60950 (IEC60950) – Prod uct Safety • EN 300 328 T echnical requir emen t for radi o equipment • ETS 300 826 Gen eral EMC requir ements for r adio equipment. To d etermine th e[...]

60 INFORMA TION Belkin Corporati on Limited One-Y ear Produ ct Warr anty Belkin Corporati on warrants this pr oduct against d efects in materials and workm anship for its warran ty period. If a d efect is discovered, Belkin will, at its opti on, repair or replace the pr oduct at no char ge provid ed it is returned d uring the warr anty period, with[...]

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