54g Wireless Notebook Network Card Share your broadband Internet connection and files belkin.com Belkin Corporat ion 501 West Walnut Street Co mpto n • CA • 90220 • USA Te l: 310. 898. 1100 Fax: 310. 898. 1111 Belkin Component s, Lt d. Express Business Park Shipto n Way • Rushden • NN10 6GL United Kingdo m Tel: +44 ( 0) 1933 35 2000 Fax: +44 ( 0) 1933 31 2000 Belkin Component s B.V.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Intro ductio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 INTRODUCTION Thank yo u fo r purchasing the Belkin 54g Wireless No tebo o k Netwo rk Card ( the Card) . No w yo u can take advantage o f this great new techno lo gy and gain the freedo m yo u need aro und the ho me o r o ffice witho ut using cables. The Wireless Features . . . . .
OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Features Applications and Advantages The Card co mplies with the IEEE 802.11b standard in o rder to co mmunicate with • Wireless roaming with a laptop around the home or office o ther 802.11b- co mpliant wireless devices at 11Mbps as well as o ther 54g Offers the freedo m o f netwo rking witho ut cables. pro ducts at 54Mbps that have the 54g™ badge o n the package. 54g pro ducts run at speeds o f up to 54Mbps and o perate o n the same 2.4GHz frequency band as 802.
OVERVIEW KNOWING YOUR CARD ( a) Product Specifications Ho st Interface: 32- bit CardBus Po wer Co nsumptio n: Tx/ Rx peak 550/ 350mA @ 3.3VDC ( max.) Certificatio n: FCC Class B, CE Mark, C- Tick Operating Temperature: ( 0–85 degrees C) Sto rage Temperature: ( - 40–90 degrees C) Humidity: Max. 95% ( no n- co ndensing) Typical Operating Range: ( b) ( d) ( c) 802.11b: 590.6 ft. ( 180m) @ 11Mbps, 984.3 ft. ( 300m) @ 5.5 Mbps o r lo wer 54g: 164 ft. ( 50m) @ 54Mbps, 492.1 ft.
INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD Installing yo ur Card is do ne in three easy steps. 1. Install the so ftware FIRST. If yo u plug yo ur Card into yo ur lapto p befo re yo u INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 4. The installer will start. If yo u are using Windo ws XP, it is reco mmended that yo u use the Belkin Wireless No tebo o k Netwo rk Card Utility to manage the Card’s wireless settings. If yo u want to use Windo ws XP to manage the Card, install the so ftware, it will no t wo rk.
INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 6. Select a fo lder where yo u wo uld like to install the pro gram files. It is reco mmended that yo u use the default fo lder “ C:\Pro gram Files\Belkin\Belkin INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 8. After the so ftware installatio n is co mplete, click “ Finish”. Yo u are no w ready to install the Wireless LAN no tebo o k adapter hardware. 54Mbps Wireless Utility\”. Click “ Next” to install the files. 9.
INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 10. If yo u are using Windo ws 2000 o r Windo ws XP, yo u may see a screen INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 12. When the installatio n is co mplete, a small ico n in yo ur system tray ( bo tto m similar to the o ne belo w. This do es no t mean there is a pro blem. Select right co rner o f mo st screens) will appear. This is yo ur sho rtcut to the Belkin “ Co ntinue Anyway”. WLAN Mo nito r. It also indicates the status o f yo ur co nnectio n.
INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY Connecting to your Wireless Network Pro ceed with the fo llo wing instructio ns fo r co nfiguring yo ur netwo rk pro files. The If yo u already have a wireless ro uter o r an access po int in yo ur ho me o r o ffice, instructio ns explain ho w to o pen the Utility and ho w to use it to co nfigure a the Card will auto matically attempt to co nnect to yo ur wireless netwo rk. In mo st netwo rk pro file.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY The Utility will auto matically detect all the 802.11b and 54g wireless netwo rks in Not e: Unde r Windo ws XP, clicking o n the “ Advance d” butto n fo r the first time will the area. Select an available listed netwo rk and click o n the “ Co nnect” butto n to display the fo llo wing windo w. The “ Use Windo ws to co nfigure my wire le ss ne two rk co nnect to that netwo rk.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY ( c) Preferred Networks The Wireless Networks Tab Displays a list o f the netwo rks that yo u have co nfigured. Yo u may rank the netwo rks by selecting the netwo rk name in the “ Preferred Netwo rks” list then clicking o n the “ Mo ve UP” and “ Mo ve Do wn” butto ns. Netwo rks appearing higher ( i) ( a) o n the list will be preferred o ver netwo rks listed lo wer o n the list.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY ( l) Advanced Encryption Allo ws yo u to filter the type o f netwo rks yo u want to co nnect to . To co nfigure a pro file fo r a listed netwo rk that requires a WEP key: Any Available Network: When this o ptio n is selected, the Card will attempt to co nnect to any available netwo rk in the area. Access po ints will be 1.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY ( e) Channel The Link Status Tab Sho ws the current channel the Card is o perating o n. When o perating in Infrastructure mo de, the channel is set auto matically by the access po int o r wireless ro uter that the Card is co nnected to . Yo u canno t change the channels in Infrastructure mo de. In Ad- Ho c mo de, the channel can be set manually.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY The Statistics Tab The Site Survey Tab The Statistics tab sho ws yo u ho w much data has been sent and received and if Clicking o n the Site Survey tab will display a list o f all available access po ints in any erro rs o ccurred. This screen is mo stly fo r diagno stics. No te that the number yo ur area. The fo llo wing info rmatio n abo ut each is displayed: o f data packets lo st is reco rded.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY ( d) WEP Diagnostics Page Will display “ Off” when encryptio n is disabled, “ 64- bit” when 64- bit encryptio n This Page allo ws yo u to perfo rm several diagno stic tests that are available fo r is enabled, and “ 128- bit” when 128- bit encryptio n is enabled. yo ur Belkin Wireless Netwo rk adapter. ( e) Ad-Hoc Networks Only Check this bo x to display available ad- ho c netwo rks o nly.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY TROUBLESHOOTING Memory Tests Cannot Connect to the Network This tests verifies that the netwo rk co ntro ller internal memo ry is functio ning If yo ur Card appears to be functio ning pro perly but yo u canno t co nnect to the pro perly. The test writes patterned values to the memo ry and reading back the netwo rk, the pro blem may be that there is a mismatch between the “ Netwo rk results. The test fails if an erro neo us value is read back.
TROUBLESHOOTING The computers seem to be communicating, but they do not appear in the “My Computer” window or in the “My Network Places” window. Windows XP Environment Verify that “ File and Printer Sharing” is enabled o n TROUBLESHOOTING Data transfer is always very slow. structures. The steel in such buildings may interfere with yo ur netwo rk’s radio signals, thus causing a all the co mputers o n yo ur netwo rk. slo wdo wn in the data transmissio n rate.
INFORMATION INFORMATION Canada- I ndust ry Canada ( I C) FCC St at ement DECLARATI ON OF CONFORMI TY WI TH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETI C COMPATI BI LI TY We, Be lkin Co rpo ratio n, o f 501 We st Walnut Stre e t, Co mpto n, CA 90220, de c lare unde r o ur so le re spo nsibility that the pro duc t, F5D7010 The wireless radio o f this devic e c o mplies with RSS 139 & RSS 210 Industry Canada. This Class B dig ital c o mplies with Canadian ICES- 003.
INFORMATION Belkin Corporat ion Limit ed Lif et ime Product Warrant y Belkin Co rpo ratio n warrants this pro duc t ag ainst defec ts in materials and wo rkmanship fo r its lifetime. If a defec t is disc o vered, Belkin will, at its o ptio n, repair o r replac e the pro duc t at no c harge pro vided it is returned during the warranty perio d, with transpo rtatio n c harges prepaid, to the autho rized Belkin dealer fro m who m yo u purc hase d the pro duc t. Pro o f o f purc hase may be required.
