Belkin F7D4301 manual

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    P l a y M ax wir eles s ro ut er User Manual F7D430 1 8820-00378[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Re gul ato r y I nfo rma ti on ................................... 35 FCC St atem ent .............................................. 35 Ge tt in g S ta rt ed ........................................... 1 Wh at ’s in the Box ............................................. 1 In iti al Setu p ........................................[...]

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    1 GET TING ST ARTED Wha t’s in th e Box Play Max Wireless Router Ethernet cable (attached to rout er) Pow er supply ( at tached to router ) Network information c ard ( attached to router ) Belkin Setup CD with User Manual Initial Setup Wh ere to Pla ce Y o ur R ou ter Fo r t he b e s t r e su l t s , p l a c e t h e R o u te r n ex t t o y ou r m[...]

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    2 GET TING ST ARTED 2 3 modem 1[...]

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    3 GET TING ST ARTED 1. C o nn e c t yo u r R o u te r ’s Et h e r n et c a b le t o y ou r m od e m ’s E t h er n e t p o r t (o n t he b ac k o f y ou r m o de m) . T h i s p o r t mi g h t b e l a be l e d d i f fe r e n t ly o n y o ur p a r t i c u la r m od e m . I f yo u ar e ad d i n g a R ou t e r f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e, t h is p[...]

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    4 GET TING ST ARTED 5. A f t e r a b r ie f in s t a l l at i o n , t h e s e t u p s o f t w a re w i ll a s k y o u fo r t he n e t wo r k n am e a nd p a s sw o r d f r om t h e n e t w or k i nf o r m at i o n ca r d th a t is a t t a ch e d to yo u r Ro u t er. S to r e t h e card under the base of your Rout er for future refer en ce.[...]

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    5 GET TING ST ARTED 6. A p ro g r e s s s c r e e n w i ll a p p ea r wh i l e a d d i t i on a l so f t wa r e i s i ns t a l l e d. T h is m ay t a ke a f ew m in u t e s t o c o m p l et e . O n c e f in i s h e d, a “ Su c c e s s ” m e s s a g e w i ll a p p ea r in d i c a t in g t ha t yo u are co nn ect ed t o th e I nte rne t v ia yo u[...]

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    6 GET TING ST ARTED Adv ance d T ools & Set tings A f te r t he i n it i a l se t u p i s co m p l e te , y o u h a ve t he o pt i o n t o ch ang e s et tin gs like you r n et work na me, sec ur it y t y pe, a nd p a s sw o rd . T o m ak e t h e s e c h a n g e s a n d o t h er s , cl i c k on t h e Ad v a n c ed Too l s i c o n a t th e CD S e[...]

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    7 GET TING ST ARTED The Belkin Rout er Manager Belkin.2234 Router Settings User Manual USB Print & St orage M anager Memor y Safe: Get Started! Vuz e Daily DJ: Get Star ted! Music Labeler BitBoost: Auto Check for Updates Options Exit The Belkin Router Manager appears in your system tray ( W i nd o w s) o r m e n u b a r (M a c). I t s i co n i [...]

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    8 GET TING ST ARTED I n y ou r b ro w s er, t y p e “ h t t p : //r o u te r ” ( yo u d o n o t n e e d t o t yp e i n a n y t h in g e l se s u ch a s “ w w w ”) . T h e n p r e s s t h e E n te r ke y. I f yo u ’r e st i l l h a v i ng t r ou b l e r u n n i n g t h e m a n u a l s e tu p o pt i o n , t y p e “ 192 .1 6 8 . 2 .1” i [...]

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    9 GET TING ST ARTED Adding Comp uters to Y our Net work W ir e l e s s d e v i ce s s u ch a s c o m p u te r s , n e t w o r k p r i nt e r s , a n d g a m i n g systems c an connect t o your Router with a few simple st eps. Us ing th e C D 1. P ut t h e S e tu p CD i nt o yo u r c o m p u te r. I f t he C D d o es n ’ t o p e n a u t om a t i c[...]

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    10 GET TING ST ARTED Manually I f y o u c h o o se n ot t o u s e t h e i n c l u de d S et u p C D fo r a dd i n g a d d i t io n a l c o m p u te r s o r w i r el e s s de v i c e s, yo u can manually add these items to y our network. 1. L oc a t e t h e w i r e l es s - n e t w o r k- c o n n e ct i o n s o p t i o n on your computer or wireless[...]

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    11 GET TING ST ARTED Addi ng USB Devices USB[...]

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    12 GET TING ST ARTED Add ing a D riv e You c a n s ha r e a U SB h a rd d r i ve or f l a sh d r i ve to yo u r n e t w o r k v i a your Rout er ’ s USB port. Once connected, y ou can share files and music with other computers and devices within y our network. P lu g yo u r U S B h a r d d r i v e i n to t h e U S B p o r t on t h e b a ck o f y [...]

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    13 GET TING ST ARTED Adding Ot her USB Devices Ot he r US B dev ic es may als o b e sh are d v ia your Ro uter. P lu g yo u r d e v i c e i n to t h e U SB p o r t l o c a t ed o n t h e b a c k o f yo u r Ro u t er. Wh e n th e l ig h t ab o v e t h e U S B p o r t i s l i t , y ou r device is av ailable to computers on y our network. Computers ru[...]

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    14 GET TING ST ARTED Bundled Soft ware US B Pr int an d S tor age Ma na ge r The USB Print and Storage Manager helps to manage and m o ni t o r t h e u s e of yo u r US B p r i n te r s , sc a n n e r s , h a r d d r i ve s , a n d o t he r d ev i c e s t h a t a r e c o n n e c te d to yo u r R o u t er ’ s U SB po rt an d s har ed a cro ss you [...]

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    15 GET TING ST ARTED Daily DJ B e lk i n Da i l y D J d el i v e r s p e r s o na l i z ed p l ay l i s ts f r om yo u r m u si c c o ll e c t i o n, a u to m a t ic a l l y, e ve r y d ay. It ’s l i ke h av i n g y o u r ow n p er s o n a l D J p la y i n g t h e s o n g s t h a t y o u w an t to h ea r. I t wo r k s g r e a t w i t h i Tun e s [...]

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    16 GET TING ST ARTED Additional Capabilities Guest Access You c a n a ll o w g u e s t s t o u s e y o u r I n te r n e t c o n n e c t io n w it h o u t j o in i n g y o u r p e r s o na l n et wo r k . T h e n et w o r k n a m e a n d p a s sw o rd f or t h e g u e s t n e t wo r k i s l o c at e d o n t he n e t wo r k information card found und[...]

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    17 GE T TING TO K NOW YOUR ROU TER A) Router Status Light Y our Rout er’s status is show n by the light on the front. Of f: The R outer i s not plugged in to a p ower source. Blinking Gree n: The Rout er is s tar ting up. Solid Green: The Router is connec ted to the Interne t. Blinking Amber: T h e R o u te r ca n ’ t d e t e ct t h e m o d e m[...]

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    18 GE T TING TO K NOW YOUR ROU TER A) Modem (W AN) Con nector Connect your modem to this port using an Ethernet cable. B) Wired (LAN) Co nnectors Connect computers and o ther wired network devices to these ports using Ethernet cables. C) US B P or t USB print er s, disks, an d o ther USB de vices plugged into this port will be shared on your net wo[...]

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    19 TECHNIC AL DET AIL S T echnical Features Integ rated 802. 1 1 n Wi reless Ac cess Poi nt U ti l i z in g D u al - B a n d N e t w o r k t e c hn o l o g y, y ou r R ou t e r cr eate s t wo sep ara te n et wor ks (on e at 2.4G Hz b an d an d t h e o t he r at 5 GH z ba n d ), a l l ow i n g i n c r e a s ed b a nd w i d t h t o all you r connecte[...]

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    20 TECHNIC AL DET AIL S System Re quiremen ts R ou t e r Broadband Int ern et connection such as a cable or DSL modem with RJ45 (E thernet) connection At least one computer with an installed net work int er face adapt er TCP /IP networking protocol installed on each computer RJ45 E thernet networking cable Internet browser Setup Software A computer[...]

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    21 TECHNIC AL DET AIL S Da ily DJ , Mu si c L ab el er, an d Vu ze Daily DJ, Music Labeler, and Vuze PC Windo ws XP SP2 or higher , Win dows V ista, or W indows 7 2GHz processor 1 G B o f R AM Direct X ® 9 .0 - c o m pl i a n t v i d e o a n d s o u n d Internet Explorer ® or Fir efox ® Mac ® Mac OS X v10.4.8 or late r Intel ® Core ™ Duo 1 .[...]

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    22 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y T roubleshooting Th e S etu p C D do es no t au tom at ic all y s ta rt . I f B e l k in S et u p do e s no t r un w h en yo u i ns e r t t h e C D - R O M, y ou r co mpu ter may not be con fig ure d t o op en CDs aut oma tic al ly. I f B e l k in S et u p do e s no t ap p e a r w i t h i n 15 s e c o n[...]

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    23 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y Belkin Setup cannot co nnect my Router to the Interne t . I f B e l k in S et u p is n ot a b le t o c o n n e ct t h e R o u te r to the Inte r net, plea se check the following items : 1. Use the troubleshooting suggestions within Belkin Setup. 2. I f y o ur I SP r eq u i r e s a us e r na m e an d p a[...]

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    24 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y B e l k in S e t up c o mp l e t e d i n s t a l l a t io n , b u t I c a n n o t b r o ws e t h e Web. Th e l igh t o n t he f ro nt o f my Ro ute r i s s oli d a mbe r. 1. Use the troubleshooting suggestions within Belkin Setup. 2. I f y o ur I SP r eq u i r e s a us e r na m e an d p a ss w o rd , ma[...]

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    25 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y I c a n ’ t c o n n e c t t o t h e I n te r n e t w i r e l e s s ly a n d m y networ k name is not listed in A vailable Network s . 1. Ver if y t hat you r Ro ute r is on an d th e front-panel light shows solid green. 2. I f you ar e fa r f rom the Ro uter, yo u mi gh t tr y mov in g cl ose r to se [...]

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    26 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y I ’ ve i ns t a l l e d t h i s n ew R ou t e r a nd s o m e o f m y n e t w o r k c l i e nt s ( computers, game co nsoles, et c.) are no w unable to co nnect. You r n e w R o u te r c am e p re - c o nf i g u r ed w i th a n e t w o r k n a m e a n d p a s sw o rd , fo u n d p r i n te d on a n a t [...]

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    27 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y Does the Router support Wireless Pro tected Ac cess (WP A) security? T h e R o u te r s h i p s w i t h W PA / W PA 2 s e c u ri t y t u r n ed o n. W in d o w s X P a n d s o m e o l d e r n e t w o r k h a r dw a r e m a y req ui re a sof t war e u pda te to su ppo r t WPA / WPA2. I am havin g difficu[...]

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    28 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y I a m h av i n g d i f f i c u l t y s e t t i n g u p W ir e d E qu i v a le n t Pri vacy (WEP) security on my Router . 1. L og i n to you r Ro ute r . Vi sit http:/ /router/ with y our web browser . Click on the “ Login” but ton in the top right-hand corner of the s c re e n . You w i ll b e a s k[...]

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    29 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y A d i s k I p l ug g e d i nt o t he U S B p o r t i s n o t s h o w in g up on m y co mp ute r o r in Me mo ry S afe . 1. I s t h e l i g h t o n o v er t h e U S B p o r t th a t t h e di s k i s p l u g ge d i nt o? I f n o t , t r y u np l u g g i ng a n d r e - p l u g gi n g th e d is k . Pl e a s[...]

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    30 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y A d i f f e r e n t s o r t o f U S B d e v i c e t h a t I p l ug g e d i nt o t he US B p or t i s n ot s how ing up on my c omp ute r. M o st U SB d ev i c e s o t h e r t h a n d i s ks a n d p r i nt e r s m u s t b e ac ces se d vi a t he USB Pri nt a nd Sto rag e C ente r . 1. I s t h e l i g h t[...]

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    31 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y T echnic al Suppor t US http:/ / www.belkin. com /support UK http:/ / www.belkin. com /uk/support Australia http:/ / www.belkin. com /a u /support New Zealand http:/ / www.belkin. com /a u /support Singapore 65 622 1 8850 Europ e http:/ / www.belkin. com /uk/support[...]

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    32 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y B e l k i n I n t e r n a t i on a l , I n c . , L i mi t e d 2- Y ear Product W arrant y Wh at thi s w arr ant y cove rs . B e lk i n In t e r n at i o n a l, I nc . (“ Be l k i n ” ) w a r ra n t s t o th e o r ig i n a l purchaser of this Belkin product that the product shall be free of def ect s[...]

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    33 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y How t o get service. T o g e t s e r v i c e f o r y o u r B e l k in p ro d u c t y o u must take the following steps: 1. C o nt a c t B e l k i n I n te r n a t i o na l , I n c ., at 120 4 5 Wa te r f ro n t Dr ive, Los An gel es, CA 9 0 09 4, At tn: Cus tom er S er v ice, o r c a l l ( 80 0) - 2 23 [...]

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    34 TROUBLESHOOTING, SUPPORT , AND W ARR ANT Y How st at e l aw r el ate s t o t he w arr an ty. THIS W ARR ANT Y CONT AINS THE SOLE WARRANT Y OF BELKIN. THERE ARE NO O THER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED O R , E XC E P T A S R EQ U I R ED BY L AW, I M PL I ED , I N CL U D IN G T HE I MP L I ED WAR R A N T Y O R C O ND I T I ON O F Q UA L I T Y , MERCHANT AB[...]

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    35 REGULA TORY INFORMA TION FCC Statement D EC L AR ATI O N O F C O N FO R M I T Y W I T H F C C R U L ES FOR ELECTROMA GNETIC COMPA TIBILIT Y We , B e l k in I nt e r n a ti o n a l , I n c. , o f 12 0 4 5 Wa te r f r o n t D r i v e, Lo s An g e l e s , CA 9 0094, declare under our sole responsibilit y that t he de vi ce, , F 7 D 4 3 01 v1, compl[...]

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    36 REGULA TORY INFORMA TION Canada- Industry Canada (IC) T h e w i re l e s s r a d i o o f t h i s de v i c e c o m p li e s w it h RS S 13 9 & R S S 2 10 I n d us t r y C a na d a . T h i s Cl a s s B d i g it a l apparatus complies with Cana dian ICES- 003. O p e ra t i o n i s s u b j e c t t o t h e f o l l ow i n g t wo c on d i t i o ns [...]

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