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F5D6230-3 Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router User Manual.
T able of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Knowing y our Belkin Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Quick Setup Setting up Y our Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router .
1 Introduction T hank Y ou for pur chasing the Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y Router (the Router). In minutes you will be able to netw ork your computers and share your Internet connection. T he following is a list of features that make your new Router an ideal solution for y our home or small office network.
Introduction 2 Built-in DHCP Server Dynamic Host Configuration P rotocol (DHCP) on-board makes for the easiest possible connection of a network. T he DHCP server will assign IP addresses to each computer automatically so there is no need for a complicated networking setup.
Introduction P ac kage Contents • Belkin W ireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y Router • P o wer Supply • Belkin SOHO Networking Softw are CD • User Manual System Requirements • Broadband Internet con.
Knowing your Belkin Router 4 T he Router has been designed to be placed on a desktop or mounted to a wall. T he unique vertical design minimizes the desktop space required. All of the cables exit from the rear of the Belkin Router for better organization and utility .
Knowing your Belkin Router 5 Port A ctivity/Status Lights • Link—Solid indicates that there is a link between the Router and the computer connected to that port. • Activity—When an acti vity light is flashing, data is flowing between the Router and the computer connected to that port.
Quick Set up 6 If you are familiar with netw orking, you can use this Quic k Setup procedure to setup your Router . If you need more detail to setup your Router , please read further into this manual. Setting up the Router is accomplished in 3 easy steps 1.
Quick Set up–Configure your computers ' networking settings 1. Configure the TCP/IP settings on your computers to obtain an IP address automatically . T he Router will use DHCP to assign each computer an IP address in the range of 192.168.2.x. 2.
Quick Set up–Configure the Router to your ISP ’ s settings 8 1. Using the computer that was originally connected directly to the cable or DSL modem, launch y our browser . Note: Y ou can access the setup utility from any computer on the netw ork, however , use the original computer for this procedure at this time.
Quick Set up–Configure the Router to your ISP ’ s settings 9 3. T he Router’ s status page will appear . 4. Click on “Initial Setup” in the top left-hand corner . T he following page will appear . 5. Select your connection type (this information is provided b y your ISP) and click “Select”.
Quick Set up–Configure the Router to your ISP ’ s settings 10 6. T he MA C Cloning/Entry screen will appear . If your ISP binds y our connection to the MA C address of your netw ork adapter , click “Clone MA C Address” or enter the MA C address here.
12 General Setup Y our Router can connect a combination of wired and wireless computers to the Internet while allo wing for file and peripheral sharing. Setting up wired and wireless connections to the Router is very easy to do. T he following steps will show y ou how to connect y our computers to the Router for networking and Internet sharing.
13 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network Setting up your Router is a simple procedure, ev en if you are not familiar with networking. T his guide will take you step b y step through to the setup process for successfully sharing your Internet connection.
14 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network Is my connection bound to a MA C address? It either is or is not. All network cards or adapters ha ve a unique “serial number”, called a MA C address. Y our service provider can “see” y our network adapter's MA C address ov er the internet.
15 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network Setup W orksheet My IP Address is: Static Dynamic If your IP addr ess is static, y ou need the following infor.
16 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network IMPORT ANT : IF YOU HA VE A CABLE OR DSL MODEM CONNECTED TO A PC AND ARE NOW ADDING THE ROUTER T O YOUR NETW ORK, FOLLO W THESE STEPS TO OBT AIN INFORMA TION Y OU WILL NEED LA TER.
17 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network 6. T he IP configuration window will appear . Click on “More Info”. 7. This windo w will provide y ou with the Adapter Address (also known as the MA C address), the IP Address, Host name (if an y) and other network settings.
STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network 18 18 Users of Windo ws NT or Windows 2000 can get the configur ation information b y performing the following steps. 1. Click “Start” then “Run” in the Run dialog box, type “CMD”.
19 STEP 1: Obtain information about your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your network 19 3. T he information pictured below should appear . Please record your information in the c hart below . It is important to make sure you ha ve it, in case something goes wrong.
20 STEP 2: Connect your computers to Router Connecting Wired Computers to the Router Up to three wired computers can be connected directly to the Router .
21 STEP 2: Connect your computers to Router 2. Connect a Belkin CA T5 Network Cable between each of y our wired computers and the Router . Plug in a C A T5 network cable to the Ethernet port on each of the other PCs and then to one of the ports labeled "LAN" on the rear of the Router .
22 STEP 2: Connect your computers to Router 4. P o wer on the cable or DSL modem. Depending on your modem, it ma y have a po wer switc h or you ma y ha ve to plug the power supply into it. Be sure that the modem is turned on before the Router is turned on.
23 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking If you are familiar with setting up T CP/IP and file sharing on your computers, it is not necessar y to use the Belkin SOHO Networking software. Each computer should be set up to "Obtain IP address Automatically (PC)" or use "DHCP (Mac)".
24 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 4. Repeat these steps for each computer y ou are connecting to your netw ork. 5. Once you ha ve installed the Belkin SOHO Networking Software on all of your computers, continue on to the next section. Configuring Y our PCs Using Belkin NetSetup (W in 98/Me) 1.
25 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 3. The follo wing screen will appear: 4. In the “Computer Name” field type a name for the computer such as “Computer 1”. T he name must be different for each computer on the network. 5. In the “Workgroup” field, type a w orkgroup name such as “My Network”.
26 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 7. After entering the information in the three fields, click “Next”. T he following screen will appear: 8. If you w ant to share files and printers on this computer , select “I w ant to share files and printers on my computer” and clic k “Finish”.
27 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 9. NetSetup now needs to now if y ou w ant to create a client setup floppy disk. If you ha ve more computers than you need to setup to work with the Router , click “Y es”. T his will sa v e some files to the disk that your other computers can use to make setup easier .
28 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 2. Select “I am adding this computer to my network”. Click “Next”. 3. Windows will no w prompt you to insert the newly created client disk into the PC’ s floppy driv e. Insert the disk you labeled “Belkin Networking” into the flopp y driv e and click “OK”.
29 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 7. When finished filling in the fields, click “Next”. T he following screen will appear: 8. If you want to share files and printers on this computer , select “I want to share files and printers on my computer” and clic k “Finish”.
30 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking Configuring Network Settings for W indows 2000 1. Right-click on “My Network Places” and select “Properties”. 2. In the “Network and Dial-up Connections” window , y our “Local Area Connection” should be a vailable.
31 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking 5. Select “Obtain IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK”. Windows ma y ask y ou to restart the computer . Do so to finish configuring your netw ork settings.
32 STEP 3a: Set up your computers for networking Mac Continued 4. Close the window . T he following windo w will appear . Clic k “Sa ve”. 5. Restart the Computer . T he last thing y ou need to do is set up the Belkin W ireless Cable/DSL Gatewa y Router to work with the Internet.
STEP 3b: Setting up wireless computers for connection to the Router 33 T his step assumes that y ou alread y ha ve a wireless adapter installed on the computer(s) that you wish to connect wirelessly to the Router . T o connect to the Router wirelessly , y ou must set your computer’ s wireless settings to the same settings as those on the Router .
3. Y ou should now see an icon for each computer y ou set up for the network. Please note, if the computers ha ve just finished re-booting, it ma y take a few seconds for the computers to appear in the window . 4. If all of the computers appear in the window , then you ha ve successfully networked y our computers.
35 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet Now that y ou ha ve y our computers “networked” together , you now can set up the Router to share the Internet connection. Configure the w eb bro wser If you use Internet Explorer 4.
36 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet 3. Under the “Internet Options” screen, click on “Connections” and select “LAN Settings…”.
37 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet Accessing the W eb Based Setup Utility By now , y ou should ha ve the information about y our Internet Service Provider written on the worksheet at the beginning of this manual.
38 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet 3. T he Router login screen will appear . If this is the first time you are accessing the Router or y ou ha ve not set a password for the Wireless Gatew a y Router , there is no need to enter a password.
39 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet Dynamic Setup Configuring Y our Router if y our Pro vider uses Dynamic IP Addressing F ollo w this procedure if your ISP uses d ynamic IP addressing.
40 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet 4. If your ISP assigned y ou a host name, enter the host name here. If not, lea ve this field blank. 5. If your ISP binds the connection to a MA C address, you will need the Router to copy that MA C address.
41 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet Static IP Setup Configuring Y our Router if y our Pro vider uses Static IP Addressing If your ISP uses Static IP Addressing, follow this procedure.
42 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet 7. T he“MAC Cloning/Entry” screen will now appear . 8. If y our ISP assigned you a host name, enter the host name here. If not, lea v e this field blank.
43 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet T o begin browsing the Internet, log out of the setup utility by clic king on the “Logout” button. Once you ha ve logged out, type a web address such as www .
44 2. T he Control panel window will open. Double-click on “ Add/Remove Programs” 3. A list of programs installed on y our computer will be displa y ed in the window . Locate the PPP oE software that w as provided to y ou by y our ISP and highlight it by clic king on it one time.
Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet 5. Select “PPP oE” and clic k “Select”. T he following screen will appear: 6. Enter your User Name. Y our user name is the name that you use to log on such as “m yaccount@dsl.
46 Step 4: Configuring your Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Router (the Router) for connection to the Internet Finishing PPP oE Setup At this point, initial setup of the Router is now complete for a PPP oE configuration. T o verify that your Router is connected to the modem, Click on “Status” in the lower left hand corner of the router setup page.
47 Wireless Configuration Congratulations! Y ou hav e successfully installed your Router . The further sections in this manual explain more about the adv anced features of your Router .
48 Wireless Configuration Using WEP Encryption F rom the Initial Setup page, clic k on “Encryption” under Wireless in the right side of the screen to access the Encryption page. T he default setting for Encryption is “Disabled”. Setting Encryption Encryption requires a key on both the Router and the wireless-equipped computer to match.
49 Other F eatures MA C Address Cloning If your ISP binds the connection to a MA C address, you will need the Router to copy that MA C address. If your ISP does bind your MA C address, or you are not sure, follo w this step. 1. Click “MA C Cloning/Entry”.
50 Other F eatures MA C Filtering MA C filtering lets you control access to the netw ork by allo wing or disallowing specific MA C addresses to connect to the router . Y ou can enter a list of up to twenty MA C addresses into the Router . T his list is known as the Control List.
51 Other F eatures Association control Association control works muc h like connection control. It lets you allo w or deny connection to wireless computers trying to access the Router .
52 Other F eatures DMZ Settings T o access this feature, click on “DMZ” on the left side of the screen. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a feature that allows a computer to be exposed to the Internet by “placing” it outside of the firew all. T his feature comes in handy w hen pla ying Internet games that don’ t work well with a firewall.
53 Other F eatures Special Application Settings Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, videoconferencing, Internet telephony and others. T hese applications ma y not work w hen Network Address T ranslation (NA T) is enabled.
54 Other F eatures Services LAN DHCP Settings Click on “LAN Services” to access this screen. Y our Router allows you to specify an internal IP address. Y ou ma y also turn the DHCP service on and off. W e recommend using DHCP service for the easiest setup of y our network.
55 Other F eatures Remote Management Any computer on y our network can access the Router's built-in setup utility . T he Remote Management feature allows a computer outside of the network to access the setup utility . When enabled, only the computer at the specified IP address can access the setup utility .
56 Wireless Networking Using 802.11b T o form a wireless network, two basic components are used. The first is a wireless adapter for a PC. T his can be either a USB wireless adapter or a PCMCIA adapter . T he adapter gives the PC wireless Ethernet capabilities.
57 Wireless Networking Using 802.11b Infr astructure Mode T he use of a Wireless Access P oint(W AP) to connect a wireless LAN to a wired LAN is called the Infrastructure Mode.
58 Wireless Networking Using 802.11b PC with Wir eless Desktop PCI Network Adapter WA P Notebook with Wir eless Notebook Network Card Notebook Wireless Notebook Network Card Basic Service Set (BSS) T he diagr am below illustrates ho w an W AP acts as a bridge between the wireless BSS and the wired network.
59 Wireless Networking Using 802.11b Roaming More than one W AP can be used to increase the wireless coverage in a wireless LAN. T he diagram below shows tw o W APs configured to extend cover age beyond that of a single unit. T he ov erlapping area of each BSS is called and Extended Service Set (ESS).
60 Glossary of Wireless Networking T erms Access P oint- An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc - An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with LAN adapters, connected as an independent wireless LAN.
61 Glossary of Wireless Networking T erms Roaming - A wireless LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and maintains a continuous connection to the Infrastructure network. RTS T hreshold - T ransmitters contending for the medium ma y not be aw are of each other .
62 Glossary of Wired Networking T erms DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. T his protocol automatically configures the TCP/IP settings of every computer on y our home network. DNS Serv er Address - DNS stands for Domain Name System, whic h allows Internet host computers to ha ve a domain name (suc h as belkin.
63 Glossary of Wired Networking T erms NA T - Network Address T ranslation. T his process allows all of the computers on your home netw ork to use one IP address.
64 T roubleshooting T he W AN link LED is not on or I cannot connect to the cable or DSL modem. My connection type is Static IP Address. I cannot connect to the Internet. My connection type is Dynamic IP Address. I cannot connect to the Internet. 1. Check the connection between the Router and the cable or DSL modem.
65 T roubleshooting My connection type is Dynamic IP Address. I cannot connect to the Internet. My connection type is PPP oE. I cannot connect to the Internet. 2. Make sure the cable or DSL line is properly attached on y our cable or DSL modem. Refer the manual of your modem to v erify that it works normally .
66 T roubleshooting My connection type is PPP oE. I cannot connect to the Internet. 4. Make sure the network cable between modem and the Router is well connected. P o wer off the modem for a few seconds and power on it again. 5. Y our ISP ma y bind your connection to the MA C address of your computer’ s NIC.
67 Information FCC Statement DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMA GNETIC COMP A TIBILITY W e, Belkin Components, of 501 W est W alnut Street, Compton, C A 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that the product, F5D6230-3 to whic h this declaration relates, complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules.
68 Information Canada- Industry Canada (IC) T he wireless radio of this device complies with RSS 139 & RSS 210 Industry Canada. T his Class B digital complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B conforme á la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
69 Information Belkin Components Limited Lifetime Product W arr anty Belkin Components warrants this product against defects in materials and w orkmanship for its lifetime.
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