Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product F7D4101AK Belkin
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User Manual F7D4 1 0 1 ak 8820ak00386 Pl ay WI REL ESS U SB AD APTER.
T able Of C ontents Introduction .............................................. . 1 Be nef it s o f a Ho me Net wo rk .................................... 1 Adva nt ag es of a W ire le ss Ne tw or k .............................. 2 Pla ce me nt of y our Wi re le ss Net wo rk in g H ar dwa re for Op ti mal Performance .
1 INTRODUCTION T h a n k yo u fo r pu r c h a s i n g t h e B e l k i n P l ay W i r e l e s s U S B Ad a p te r. N ow y o u ca n t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s g re a t ne w te c h n o l o g y a n d g a i n t h e fr e e d o m t o n e t wo r k y o u r h o m e a n d o f f i c e c o m p u t e r s w i r e l e s s l y.
2 INTRODUCTION Advant ag es of a Wir el ess N et work you’ll no longer need a dedicated “computer r o o m ” — n o w y o u c a n w o r k o n a n.
3 INTRODUCTION Hardwa re for Optima l Performance You r wi r e l e s s c .
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5 INTRODUCTION 3. Cordl ess Phone Placement I f t h e p e r fo r m a n c e o f y o u r w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k i s im p a i r e d a f t e r attending to the abov e issues, and you hav e a cordle.
6 INTRODUCTION 5. Secure Connections, VPNs, and A OL S e c u r e c on n e c t i on s t y p i ca l l y r e q u i r e a u s e r n a m e a n d p a s s w o r d, a n d are used where securit y is important.
7 T h e Ad a p te r c o m p l i e s w i t h t h e I EE E 8 0 2 .1 1n s p e ci f i c a t i o n to communicat e with other 802. 1 1 n- compliant w i r e l e s s de v i c e s a t up t o 3 0 0M b p s *.
8 Applications and Adv antages • W i r e l e s s r o a m i n g w i t h a l a p t o p a r o u n d t h e h o m e o r O ffers the freedom of networ.
9 Product Specifications Ho st Inte r fa ce: U SB 2.0 Operating T emperature: 32– 1 31 degrees F ( 0 – 55 degrees C ) Storage T emperature : -4 – 1 49 degrees F ( -20 – 65 degrees C ) Humidity: Max. 90% ( non- condensing) M a x i m u m O p e r a t i n g R a n g e: U p t o 1, 2 0 0 f t .
Lights when the Adapter is powe red on and flashes when it is active.
11 • PC-compatible laptop with one available USB 2.0 bus-power port • W in dows ® XP with S P2 or later , Win.
12 A . Ins tal lat io n Pr oc ess fo r W ind ows V ist a an d 7 F o r in f o r m a t i o n o n up d a t e d d r iv e r s , p l e a s e vi s i t th e B el ki n we bs ite at ww w .
13 A.3 T he Insta llShield Wizard will start the installa tion pr ocess.
14 A.5 When promp ted, plug in your Adap ter . A.6 W h e n t he i n s t a l l a t i o n c o m p l e t e s , y o u w i l l se e t h e following pop -up message on your Windows taskbar.
15 A .7 C l i c k “ F i n i s h ” t o r e s t a r t y o u r c o m p u t e r.
16 A.9 In t he Cont rol P anel, click o n “View network status and task s” . I n t h e N e t w o r k a n d S h a r i n g C e n te r , c l i c k on “C on ne ct to a n et wor k ”.
17 A .11 I n th e n e x t s c r e e n , se l e c t a n a va i l a b l e wireless network and click “Connect ” . A .12 Y our Adapter will attempt to connect to the selected network.
18 A .13 De p e n d i n g o n t h e s e c u r i t y s e t t i n g s o f yo u r w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k , yo u m a y be p r o m p t e d t o e n t e r a n e t w o r k s e c u r i t y k ey o r a passphrase.
19 A .15 Th e N e t w o r k a n d S h a r i n g C e n te r n o w i n d i c a t e s t h e n e t wo r k c o n n e c t i o n t h a t yo u h a v e j u s t m a d e .
B. Ins ta lla ti on Proc es s for Win dows XP IMPORT ANT : IN S TAL L T H E S O F T WA R E BEFORE INSERTING THE ADAPTER. B .
21 B.3 The I nstallShi eld Wiz ard starts the ins tallation process .
22 B.5 A Se tup S tatus sc reen le ts y ou kno w where you ar e i n t he set up pr oc es s. B. 6 A f t e r t h e so f t wa r e i n s t a l l a t i o n i s f i n i s h e d , t h e f o l l o w i n g message will appear .
23 B.7 T h e Fo u n d Ne w Ha r d w a r e W i z ar d m i g h t ap p e a r i n 3 –15 s e c o n d s .
24 B.9 Yo u m i g h t s e e a s c r e e n si m i l a r t o t h i s o n e . T h i s D O E S N OT m e a n t h e r e i s a p r o b l e m .
25 T he W i z a r d wi l l n o w i n s t a ll yo u r s o f t wa r e . B .11 The installation is now complet e. Click “ Finish” to close the “Found Ne w Hardware Wizard ” .
26 B .1 2 Click “Finis h” agai n to exit the I nstallShi eld Wiz ard.
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29 to a w ir el es s n et wo rk or th e Int er ne t .
Da ta t ra ns fer is s om et ime s sl ow. W i r e l e s s te c h n o l o g y i s r a d i o - b a se d , w h i c h me a n s c o n n e c t i vi t y and the throughput per formance between devices decreases when the distance between devices increases .
31 Limiting the wireless transmit rate – Limiting the wireless transmit r a te c a n h e l p i m p r ov e t h e ma xi m u m w i r e l e s s r a n g e , a n d c o n n e c t i o n stability . Most wireless cards hav e the ability to limit the transmission rate .
32 T h e Ad a p t e r d o e s n o t pe r fo r m o r c o n n e c ti o n i s s l o w .
33 Be lk in Wi re le ss Co mp ar is on Ch ar t *Distance and connection speeds will vary depending on your networking environment.
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36 Any changes or modifications not expressly a p p r ov e d b y t h e p a r t y re s p o n s i b l e f o r c om p l i a n c e c o u l d void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
37 B e l k i n In t e r n a t io n al , In c . , L i m i te d B e l k i n In t e r n a t i o n a l , In c .
38 How t o get service. T o g e t s er vi ce f o r y o u r B e l k i n p r o d u c t yo u must take the follo wing steps : 1 .
39 THIS W ARR ANTY CONT AINS THE SOLE WARRANTY OF BELKIN.
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