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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility

(f) Client IP Address

Shows฀the฀IP฀address฀of฀the฀computer.฀The฀IP฀address฀is฀obtained฀

automatically฀by฀default.฀You฀may฀set฀the฀IP฀address฀manually฀

through฀Windows฀Networking฀Properties.

(g) Network Connection Type

Shows฀the฀current฀wireless฀mode฀the฀Card฀is฀operating฀in.฀There฀are฀

two฀operating฀modes:฀Infrastructure฀and฀Ad-Hoc.฀Infrastructure฀is฀the฀

most฀common฀mode฀to฀operate฀in.฀Infrastructure฀mode฀is฀used฀when฀

connecting฀your฀PC฀to฀a฀wireless฀router฀or฀a฀wireless฀access฀point.฀฀

Ad-Hoc฀mode฀is฀used฀to฀connect฀two฀or฀more฀computers฀together฀

without฀the฀use฀of฀a฀wireless฀router฀or฀an฀access฀point.

(h) Radio State

Shows฀whether฀the฀radio฀of฀your฀wireless฀client฀is฀enabled฀฀

or฀disabled.

(i) Signal

Displays฀the฀wireless฀signal฀strength฀in฀decibels฀(dBm).฀฀The฀decibel฀

scale฀is฀negative,฀so฀smaller฀absolute฀values฀correspond฀to฀stronger฀

signals฀(i.e.฀-20฀dBm฀is฀stronger฀than฀-80฀dBm).฀฀The฀signal฀to฀noise฀

ratio฀(SNR)฀is฀the฀difference฀between฀the฀signal฀and฀the฀noise฀(e.g.฀

if฀the฀noise฀is฀-80฀dBm฀and฀the฀signal฀is฀-20฀dBm,฀the฀SNR฀is฀60฀

dB);฀the฀larger฀the฀SNR,฀the฀better.฀฀In฀general,฀connections฀should฀

have฀an฀SNR฀greater฀than฀20฀dBm,฀or฀the฀user฀may฀experience฀poor฀

reliability฀and/or฀performance.฀฀If฀the฀signal฀is฀less฀than฀-50฀dBm,฀the฀

user฀should฀consider฀repositioning฀their฀workstation฀or฀Access฀Point,฀

rotating฀the฀Access฀Point’s฀antennas,฀or฀Limiting฀their฀Transmission฀Rate฀

(described฀on฀page฀_฀of฀the฀troubleshooting฀section฀of฀the฀manual),฀to฀ensure฀

a฀reliable฀wireless฀connection.

(j) Noise

Displays฀the฀intensity฀of฀the฀external฀noise,฀on฀this฀wireless฀channel,฀

in฀decibels฀(dBm).฀฀If฀the฀noise฀is฀greater฀than฀-70฀dBm,฀the฀user฀

should฀consider฀changing฀the฀wireless฀channel฀used,฀in฀their฀Access฀

Point,฀to฀ensure฀a฀reliable฀wireless฀connection.

Summary of content (19 pages)

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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility 1 (f) Client IP Address Shows฀the฀IP฀address฀of฀the฀computer.฀The฀IP฀address฀is฀obtained฀ automatically฀by฀default.฀You฀may฀set฀the฀IP฀address฀manually฀ through฀Windows฀Networking฀Properties. 2 (g) Network Connection Type 3 (h) Radio State Shows฀whether฀the฀radio฀of฀your฀wireless฀client฀is฀enabled฀฀ or฀disabled. (i) Signal Displays฀the฀wireless฀signal฀strength฀in฀decibels฀(dBm).
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility Monitoring Data Transfer Click on the “Statistics” tab. The฀Statistics฀tab฀shows฀you฀how฀much฀data฀has฀been฀sent฀and฀ received฀and฀if฀any฀errors฀occurred.฀This฀screen฀is฀mostly฀for฀ diagnostics.฀Note฀that฀the฀number฀of฀data฀packets฀lost฀is฀recorded.฀A฀ large฀number฀of฀lost฀data฀packets฀may฀indicate฀that฀there฀is฀a฀problem฀ or฀interference฀in฀your฀area.฀(See฀the฀Troubleshooting฀section฀for฀tips฀ on฀how฀to฀improve฀performance.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility 1 Finding Available Networks in your Area 2 Click on the “Site Monitor” tab. Clicking฀on฀the฀“Site฀Monitor”฀tab฀will฀display฀a฀list฀of฀all฀available฀ wireless฀routers฀or฀access฀points฀in฀your฀area. (d) (a) 4 5 6 (e) (f) (g) (a) Network Name (SSID) The฀network฀name฀of฀the฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point. (b) Channel The฀current฀operating฀channel฀of฀the฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility Performing Diagnostic Tests on your Connection Click on the “Diagnostics” tab. This฀page฀allows฀you฀to฀perform฀several฀diagnostic฀tests฀that฀are฀ available฀for฀your฀Belkin฀Wireless฀G฀Desktop฀Network฀Card. Control Registers This฀test฀verifies฀the฀read฀and฀write฀capabilities฀of฀the฀network฀ controller฀registers฀by฀writing฀various฀values฀to฀the฀registers฀and฀ verifying฀the฀result.
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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Utility 1 Interrupt Test This฀test฀verifies฀that฀the฀NDIS฀driver฀is฀able฀to฀receive฀interrupts฀ from฀the฀network฀controller. Loopback Test LED Test This฀test฀verifies฀that฀your฀802.11g฀wireless฀networking฀ hardware฀is฀functioning฀correctly. 3 4 5 6 37 section This฀test฀verifies฀that฀the฀NDIS฀driver฀is฀able฀to฀send฀packets฀and฀ receive฀packets฀from฀the฀network฀controller.
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Troubleshooting I can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly If฀you฀are฀unable฀to฀connect฀to฀the฀Internet฀from฀a฀wireless฀ computer,฀please฀check฀the฀following฀items: 1.฀฀L ook฀at฀the฀lights฀on฀your฀Wireless฀Router.฀If฀you’re฀using฀a฀ Belkin฀Wireless฀Router,฀the฀lights฀should฀be฀as฀follows: •฀The฀“Power”฀light฀should฀be฀on. •฀The฀“Connected”฀light฀should฀be฀on,฀and฀not฀blinking. •฀The฀“WAN”฀light฀should฀be฀either฀on฀or฀blinking.
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Troubleshooting 3.฀฀T he฀exact฀window฀that฀opens฀will฀vary฀depending฀on฀the฀model฀ of฀wireless฀card฀you฀have;฀however,฀any฀of฀the฀utilities฀should฀ have฀a฀list฀of฀“Available฀Networks”.฀Available฀networks฀are฀ wireless฀networks฀you฀can฀connect฀to. If฀you฀are฀using฀a฀Belkin฀802.11g฀(125HSM)฀Router,฀“Belkin54g”฀is฀ the฀default฀name. If฀you฀are฀using฀a฀Belkin฀802.11b฀router,฀the฀default฀name฀should฀ be฀“WLAN”.
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Troubleshooting The name of your wireless network DOES NOT appear in the list of “Available Networks” If฀the฀correct฀network฀name฀is฀not฀list฀฀Check฀the฀SSID฀settings฀to฀ see฀if฀they฀match.฀The฀SSID฀is฀฀ case-sensitive฀and฀the฀spelling฀on฀each฀computer฀must฀be฀ exactly฀the฀same฀in฀order฀for฀the฀Card฀to฀connect฀to฀the฀฀ Wireless฀Router฀or฀Access฀Point.฀ Note:฀To฀check฀the฀SSID฀settings฀or฀look฀for฀an฀available฀ network,฀double-click฀the฀Signal฀Indicator฀icon฀to฀bring฀up฀the฀ “Wireless฀Networks”฀screen.
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Troubleshooting see฀if฀your฀PCI฀Card฀is฀listed฀without฀any฀errors.฀If฀an฀error฀is฀ indicated฀contact฀Belkin฀Technical฀Support. Link LED is blinking slowly; Cannot connect to a wireless network or the Internet Check฀the฀SSID฀settings฀to฀see฀if฀they฀match.฀The฀SSID฀is฀฀ case-sensitive฀and฀the฀spelling฀on฀each฀computer฀must฀be฀ exactly฀the฀same฀in฀order฀for฀the฀Card฀to฀connect฀to฀the฀฀ Wireless฀Router฀or฀Access฀Point.
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Troubleshooting Data transfer is sometimes slow Wireless฀Technology฀is฀radio-based,฀which฀means฀connectivity฀ and฀the฀throughput฀performance฀between฀devices฀decreases฀ when฀the฀distance฀between฀devices฀increases.฀Other฀factors฀that฀ will฀cause฀signal฀degradation฀(metal฀is฀generally฀the฀worst฀culprit)฀ are฀obstructions฀such฀as฀walls฀and฀metal฀appliances.฀As฀a฀result,฀ the฀typical฀indoor฀range฀of฀your฀wireless฀devices฀will฀be฀between฀ 100฀to฀200฀feet.
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Troubleshooting If฀issues฀persist฀even฀at฀close฀range,฀please฀contact฀please฀ contact฀Belkin฀Technical฀Support.฀ Why are there two wireless utilities in my system tray? Which one do we use? There฀are฀several฀features฀and฀advantages฀from฀using฀the฀Belkin฀ wireless฀utility฀over฀the฀Windows฀XP฀Wireless฀Zero฀Configuration฀ utility.฀We฀offer฀a฀site฀survey,฀detailed฀link฀information฀and฀ adapter฀diagnosis,฀to฀name฀a฀few. It’s฀essential฀to฀know฀which฀utility฀is฀managing฀your฀adapter.
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Troubleshooting Wireless PCI Card is not Detected by Operating System •฀฀The฀Wireless฀PCI฀Card฀is฀not฀recognized฀by฀your฀desktop฀computer •฀฀T he฀“New฀Hardware”฀Wizard฀does฀not฀appear฀when฀booting฀up฀฀ the฀computer •฀฀R eceive฀Microsoft฀Error฀Code:฀10฀ •฀฀R eceive฀Microsoft฀Error฀Code:฀0฀ If฀the฀“New฀Hardware฀Wizard”฀does฀not฀appear,฀or฀you฀receive฀ any฀of฀the฀above฀error฀codes,฀please฀attempt฀the฀following฀ troubleshooting฀steps: 1.
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Troubleshooting What’s the difference between 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a? Currently฀there฀are฀three฀levels฀of฀wireless฀networking฀standards,฀ which฀transmit฀data฀at฀very฀different฀maximum฀speeds.฀฀Each฀is฀based฀ on฀the฀designation฀802.11(x),฀so฀named฀by฀the฀IEEE,฀the฀board฀that฀ is฀responsible฀for฀certifying฀networking฀standards.฀802.11b฀transmits฀ information฀at฀11Mbps;฀802.11a฀and฀802.11g฀work฀at฀54Mbps฀or฀ 125Mbps*฀in฀High-Speed฀Mode.฀See฀the฀following฀chart฀for฀more฀ detailed฀information.
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Information Technical Support You฀can฀find฀technical฀support฀information฀at฀ www.belkin.com฀or฀ www.belkin.com/networking.
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Information FCC Statement 1 DECLARATION฀OF฀CONFORMITY฀WITH฀FCC฀RULES฀ FOR฀ELECTROMAGNETIC฀COMPATIBILITY We,฀Belkin฀Corporation,฀of฀501฀West฀Walnut฀Street,฀ Compton,฀CA฀90220,฀declare฀under฀our฀sole฀ responsibility฀that฀the฀product, F5D7001 Caution: Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation. The฀radiated฀output฀power฀of฀this฀device฀is฀far฀below฀the฀FCC฀radio฀ frequency฀exposure฀limits.฀Nevertheless,฀the฀device฀shall฀be฀used฀in฀such฀ manner฀that฀the฀potential฀for฀human฀contact฀normal฀operation฀is฀minimized.
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Information 1 "Belkin declare that F5D7001 is limited in CH1~CH11 by specified firmware฀ controlled in USA." This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
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Information Modifications฀ The฀FCC฀requires฀the฀user฀to฀be฀notified฀that฀any฀changes฀or฀modifications฀to฀ this฀device฀that฀are฀not฀expressly฀approved฀by฀Belkin฀Corporation฀may฀void฀ the฀users฀authority฀to฀operate฀the฀equipment. Canada-Industry Canada (IC) The฀wireless฀radio฀of฀this฀device฀complies฀with฀RSS฀139฀&฀RSS฀210฀Industry฀ Canada.฀This฀Class฀B฀digital฀complies฀with฀Canadian฀ICES-003. Cet฀appareil฀numérique฀de฀la฀classe฀B฀conforme฀á฀la฀norme฀NMB-003฀฀ du฀Canada.
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Information Belkin Corporation Limited Lifetime Product Warranty Belkin฀Corporation฀warrants฀this฀product฀against฀defects฀in฀materials฀and฀ workmanship฀for฀its฀lifetime.฀If฀a฀defect฀is฀discovered,฀Belkin฀will,฀at฀its฀ option,฀repair฀or฀replace฀the฀product฀at฀no฀charge฀provided฀it฀is฀returned฀ during฀the฀warranty฀period,฀with฀transportation฀charges฀prepaid,฀to฀the฀ authorized฀Belkin฀dealer฀from฀whom฀you฀purchased฀the฀product.฀Proof฀of฀ purchase฀may฀be฀required.
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