Page 4 - Product Specifications
KNOWING YOUR CARD (a) Power LED When the Card receives power, this light will be on. (b) Link LED When the Card has a link to a wireless network, the light will be solid.When not linked to a wireless network, the light will slowly flash. (c) Card Connector This is the side of the Card that fits into...
Page 5 - Software and Driver Installation; INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD
Installing your Card is done in three easy steps. 1. Install the software FIRST. If you plug your Card into your laptop before youinstall the software, it will not work. 2. Plug the Card into your laptop. 3. Let Windows operating system finish installing the Card. Note: Install the software first be...
Page 7 - Green Icon: Connected to a wireless network, good connection
INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE CARD 11 12. When the installation is complete, a small icon in your system tray (bottomright corner of most screens) will appear. This is your shortcut to the BelkinWLAN Monitor. It also indicates the status of your connection. Green Icon: Connected to a wireless networ...
Page 8 - USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY; The following small icon will also be present in your system tray.; Connecting to your Wireless Network
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY Proceed with the following instructions for configuring your network profiles. Theinstructions explain how to open the Utility and how to use it to configure anetwork profile. When you launch the Wireless LAN Utility (the Utility), you will be pres...
Page 9 - Click “Cancel” to exit.
Note: Under Windows XP, clicking on the “Advanced” button for the first time will display the following window. The “Use Windows to configure my wireless networksettings” option will be enabled by default. Click on the check box to disable it anduse the Belkin Wireless Network Utility instead. USING...
Page 10 - The Wireless Networks Tab
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY (c) Preferred Networks Displays a list of the networks that you have configured. You may rank thenetworks by selecting the network name in the “Preferred Networks” list thenclicking on the “Move UP” and “Move Down” buttons. Networks appearing higheron the list w...
Page 11 - Encryption; You do not need to select the “Key format” or the “Key length” before; Any Available Network:; USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY Encryption To configure a profile for a listed network that requires a WEP key: 1. After opening the Utility, select the network from the “Available networks” listand click “Configure”. 2. Select the “Data encryption (WEP enabled)” box. 3. Clear the “The key is ...
Page 12 - The Link Status Tab; Displays the data rate of the current connection.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY (e) Channel Shows the current channel the Card is operating on. When operating inInfrastructure mode, the channel is set automatically by the access point orwireless router that the Card is connected to. You cannot change the channels inInfrastructure mode. In A...
Page 13 - The Site Survey Tab; The current operating channel of the access point.; The Statistics Tab
The Site Survey Tab Clicking on the Site Survey tab will display a list of all available access points inyour area. The following information about each is displayed: (a) SSID The Service Set Identifier (wireless network name) of the access point. (b) Channel Number The current operating channel of ...
Page 14 - Diagnostics Page; Control Registers; Check this box to display available ad-hoc networks only.
USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN UTILITY Diagnostics Page This Page allows you to perform several diagnostic tests that are available foryour Belkin Wireless Network adapter. Control Registers This test verifies the read and write capabilities of the network controllerregisters by writing various value...
Page 15 - TROUBLESHOOTING; Cannot Connect to the Network; Possible Solution; Problem or Symptom; Memory Tests
TROUBLESHOOTING Cannot Connect to the Network If your Card appears to be functioning properly but you cannot connect to thenetwork, the problem may be that there is a mismatch between the “Networkname (SSID)” and “Wireless network key (WEP)” settings in your wireless networkproperties and the name a...
Page 16 - Technical Support
TROUBLESHOOTING 29 29 Data transfer is always very slow. Computers are notcommunicating with the network. In Windows 2000, I get thefollowing error message:“Medium cable disconnected”.Also, there is a red X on my network icon in the system tray. Network performance is reallyslow when the system isco...
Page 17 - FCC Statement; Caution: Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation.; Modifications; INFORMATION; Europe-European Union Notice
INFORMATION 30 FCC Statement DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY We, Belkin Corporation, of 501 West Walnut Street, Compton, CA 90220, declare under our soleresponsibility that the product, F5D7010 to which this declaration relates,complies with Part 15 of the ...
Page 18 - Belkin Corporation Limited Lifetime Product Warranty
INFORMATION 32 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 nocharge provided it is returned during ...