Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product F7D4101CQ Belkin
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User Manual F7D4 1 0 1 8820-00386 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 f o r p u r c h a s i n g t h e B e l k i n P l a y W i r e l e s s U S B Ad a p t e r. N ow y o u c a n t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s g r e a t n e w t e 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 w o r k yo 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 “comput er r o o m ” — n o w y o u c a n w o r k o n a n .
3 INTRODUCTION Plac em ent of your Wi re les s Ne two rki ng Hardwa re for Optima l Performance You r w i re l es s c o n n e c t i o n w i l l b e s t r o n g e r t h e c l o s e r y o u r c o m p u t e r i s t o y o u r w i r e l e s s r o u t e r (o r a c c e s s p o in t ).
4 INTRODUCTION 1. Pla ce me nt of yo ur W ir el es s Ro ute r (or Ac ce ss Po int) P l a c e y o u r w i r e l e s s r o u te r (o r a c c e s s p o i n t), t h e c e n t r a l c o n n e c t i o n p o i n t o f y o u r n e t w o r k , a s c l o s e a s p o s s i b l e to t he ce nte r o f yo ur wi re les s net wo rk de vi ce s.
5 INTRODUCTION 3. Cordl ess Phone Placement I f t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of y o u r wi r e l e s s n e t wo r k i s i m p a i r e d af t e r attending to the abov e issues, and you hav e a cordless.
6 INTRODUCTION 5. Secure Connections, VPNs, and A OL S e c u r e c on ne c t i o n s t y p i c a 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 wo r d , a n d are used where securit y is important.
7 T h e Ad a p t e r c o m p l i e s w i t h t h e I E EE 8 0 2 .1 1n s p e c i 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 u p t o 3 0 0 M 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 i nf o r m a t i o n o n u p d a t e d d r i ve r s , p l e a s e v i 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 th e i n s t a l l a t i o n c o m p l e t e s , yo u w i l l s e e t h e following pop -up message on your Windows taskbar.
15 A .7 C l i c k “ F i n i sh ” t o r e s t a r t y o u r c o m p u te 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 wo 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 t h e n ex t sc re e n , s e l e c t a n av a i l a b l e wireless network and click “Connect ” . A .12 Y our Adapt er will attempt to connect to the selected network.
18 A .13 D e p e n d i n g o n t h e se c u r i t y s e t t i n g s o f y o u r w i r e l e s s n e t wo r k , yo u m a y b e p r o m p t e d to e n t e r a n e t wo r k s e c u r it y ke y o r a passphrase.
19 A .15 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 n o w i n d i c a te s t h e n e t w o 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 s o 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 F o u n d Ne w H a r d w a r e W i z a r d m i g h t a p p e a r i n 3 –15 se c o n d s.
24 B.9 Yo u m i g ht s e e a s c r e e n s i m i l a r t o t h i s o n e. T h i s D O ES N OT m e a n t h e r e i s a p r o b l e m .
25 T h e W i z a r d w i l l n o w i n s t a l l yo ur s o f t w a r e. B .11 The installation is no w complete . Click “Finish” to close the “Found Ne w Hardware Wizard ” .
26 B .1 2 Cli ck “Finish ” again to exit the In stallShiel d Wizar d.
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28 I c an ’t co nn ec t t o t h e I nte rn et wi re le ss ly. I f y o u a r e un a b le t o c o n n e c t t o t h e I n t e r n e t f ro m a w i r e l e s s computer , please check the following items: L o o k a t t h e l i g h t s o n y o u r w i r e l e s s r o u t e r.
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 lo g y i s r a d i o - ba s e d, w h i c h m e a n s c o n n e c t i v it 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 m a x i 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 p e r f o r m o r c o n n e c t i 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.
34 T e c h n i c a l S u p p o r t US http:/ /w ww.belkin. com/support UK http:/ /w ww.belkin. com/uk /support Australia http:/ /w ww.belkin. com/au/support New Zealand http:/ /w ww.belkin. com/au/support Singapore 1 800 622 1 1 3 0 http:/ /w ww.
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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 r e s p o n s i b l e f o r c o m p li 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 te rn a t i o n a l , In c . , L i m i t e d Wh at th is wa rra nt y cove r s. B e l k i n In t e r n a t i o n a l , I n c .
38 How t o get service. T o g e t s er v i c e f o r yo 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 How st a te law re l ate s to t h e wa rr an t y. THIS W ARR ANTY CONT AINS THE SOLE WARRANTY OF BELKIN. THERE ARE NO OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESSED O R , E XC E P .
© 2010 Bel k in In ter n ati on al , In c. Al l ri gh ts r es er ve d. A ll t rad e na me s ar e reg is te re d tr ade ma rk s of respecti ve manufacturer s listed. Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or t rad em ar ks o f Mi cr os of t Co rp or at io n in th e Un it ed S ta tes a nd /or o th er c ou ntr ie s.
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