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1 wir eless networking table of contents Intr odu ction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 Features • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...
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wir eless networking 2 Intr oduction Thank you for pur chasing th e Belkin Wireless PD A Network Car d (the Car d). This high-speed Car d provi des you with an inn ovative wireless n etworking solution that is easy to set up an d use . The Car d tran smits at a r ate of 11, 5.5, 2 or 1Mbps to let you share files an d printers on th e network—with ...
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3 Pr oduct Specifications Host In terface: 50-pin, 16-bit, 3.3V CompactFlash T ype II P ower Consumpti on: 300mA (Max.) Physi cal Dimen sion s: 1.5" x 2.75" x .25" (42mm x 70mm x 7mm) Weight : 1.0oz. (30g) OS Support: Wind ows CE 3.0 and up Certificati on: FCC Class B, CE Mark, C-Ti ck Operatin g T emperatur e: 0˚ C to 55˚ C Storag ...
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wir eless networking 4 Compatibility • Compaq® iP A Q™ H3600 Seri es* • Compaq iP A Q H3700 Seri es* • Compaq iP A Q H3800 Seri es* • T oshiba® e570 • T oshiba e740 • Oth er PD A s with an available CompactFlash T ype II expan sion slot Contents o f P ackage • Belkin Wir eless PD A N etwork Card • Pr otective Carryin g Case • ...
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5 Kno wing y our Belkin Wir eless PD A Netw ork Car d Y our Car d pr ovid es an LED indi cator , which lets you kn ow its status as you use it. The LED si gnifies two m odes: Solid: Link ed to the wir eless network Blinking: Scannin g for wir eless network The plasti c on the top o f the Car d houses th e antenn a. wir eless networking LED Indi cat ...
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wir eless networking 6 Installing and Setting Up the Car d Ther e are thr ee basic steps to settin g up your Card f or operati on with your portable devi ce . 1. In stall th e so ftwar e FIRST . If you in sert the Car d into th e CompactFlash T ype II slot of your PD A first, it will not work un til you install the so ftware . 2. After in stallin g ...
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7 So ftw ar e and Driv er Installation Install th e softwar e FIRST . If you insert th e Card in to the CompactFlash T ype II slot of your PD A first, it will not work un til you install th e softwar e . Installin g the d rivers f or the Car d to your PDA r equires th e use of a PC with syn chronizati on softwar e installed . The setup pr ogram wil ...
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wir eless networking 8 3. Double-cli ck on th e “Setup” i con in th e win dow . This will start the “InstallShi eld Wizard” . The scr een below will appear . Click “N ext” . 4. Th e In stallShi eld Wizar d will autom atically ch oose a fold er wher e it will copy the n eeded files . Click “N ext” to con tinue . 5. Th e In stallShi e ...
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9 6. Th e In stallShi eld Wizar d will ask if you will use th e def ault applicati on to install dir ectory . Click “Y es” to continue . 7. Th e In stallShi eld Wizar d will begin th e applicati on installati on. After the appli cation d ownload is complete , the scr een below will appear . Click “OK” to con tinue . 8. Ch eck your PD A to s ...
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wir eless networking 10 Inserting the Car d into the CompactFlash T ype II Slot o f y our PD A Note: Install the software FIRST . If you insert the Card into the CompactFlash Type II slot o f your PDA first, it will not work until you install the software . Slid e the Car d into th e CompactFlash T ype II slot o f your PDA with th e label facin g y ...
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11 U sing the Car d After insertin g the Car d for th e first time , if you have installed the so ftware , the Wir eless Confi gur ation U tility screen (see below) will appear automati cally on your portable devi ce . If you are usin g th e Card in a wireless n etwork with an access point or wir eless router , then th e f actory settings o f the C ...
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wir eless networking 12 Opening the Wir eless Configur ation Utility Scr een If the Wir eless Configur ation U tility Screen is n ot open, you can open it by followin g these steps: 1. Click “Start” . 2. Click “Settin gs” . 3. Select the “System” tab . 4. In th e “System” win d ow , click the i con called “Wireless Confi g Utility ...
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13 Pr o file The first thin g you will noti ce is the “Pr ofile” bar . U sing Pr ofiles allows you to save configur ation s for differ ent wir eless networks . For instan ce , if you use your Card at your workplace as well as your h ome , your wireless network settin gs may be differ ent f or each location. Pr ofiles let you stor e settings f o ...
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wir eless networking 14 Mode Un der th e “Mod e” dr op-d own list, you may ch oose either Infr astructur e or Ad-H oc operatin g mod e . Th e Infrastru cture m ode allows th e Card to communi cate with a wired n etwork that is using an access poin t or a wireless r outer . Ad-H oc mod e allows peer-to-peer (devi ce-to-devi ce) communi cation. M ...
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15 A d-Hoc Use A d-Hoc m ode if you wish to comm unicate dir ectly with anoth er wireless d evice . For Ad-H oc comm uni cation, all wir eless devi ces must be set to the sam e SSID and Chann el. If using en cryption, th e encrypti on settings on each d evice m ust also match. T o Configure A d-Hoc M ode: 1. Click th e down-f acing arr owhead n ext ...
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wir eless networking 16 SSID The SSID (Servi ce Set Id entifi er) is the wir eless network n ame . Every wireless n etwork uses an SSID or wireless n etwork nam e very mu ch the same way a wir ed network uses a work group n ame . The SSID is a m ean s of i den tifying th e wireless n etwork. SSID in Infr astructur e Mode In Infrastru cture m ode , ...
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17 SSID in A d-Hoc Mode In Ad-H oc mod e , each wireless d evi ce will use the sam e SSID to create a small wir eless network. For in stance , if you wan t to conn ect a PDA to a PC, then both m ust have the sam e SSID such as “WLAN” . In additi on, the wireless chann el must also be th e same . See “ A d-Hoc Chann el” . T o change th e SSI ...
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wir eless networking 18 T r ansmit Rate The 802.11b wir eless Ethern et stand ard was en gineer ed to operate at differen t data r ates depen ding on th e environm ent in whi ch it is oper ating. The m aximum d ata rate is 11Mbps (11 m egabits per second or 11 milli on bits per second). U nd er the best o f circum stances , the d ata will be tran s ...
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19 P ow er Save Enabled P ower Save mod e is only available when usin g Infrastru ctur e mod e . When enabled , P ower Save mod e will let the Car d g o to “sleep” (ultralow power mod e) when it is n ot tran smitting or r eceiving d ata. T o conserve battery life , you can select to enable th e P ower Save mod e . P ower Save m ode will cause a ...
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wir eless networking 20 A d-Hoc Channel An Ad-H oc network is a peer-to-peer (d evice-to-d evice) n etwork. Up to 64 wireless d evices can cr eate an Ad-H oc network in th e same space . Th er e are two m ajor requir emen ts to establish this type of n etwork. First, each devi ce must be set to th e same SSID. Secon dly , each devi ce must be set t ...
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21 Encryption For security , the 802.11b stan dar d incorpor ates a meth od of “scr ambling” the d ata being sen t over the air . This is called WEP (Wired Equivalen t Privacy). Ther e are two differ ent levels o f WEP: 64-bit encrypti on and 128-bit encrypti on. 64-bit encrypti on is powerful and secur e . 128-bit encrypti on is very powerful ...
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wir eless networking 22 T o create an encrypti on key usin g a passphrase: 1. Click th e “Encrypti on” tab . (see below) Encryption displayed on a P ock et PC Encryption displayed on a handheld PC 2. Select th e r ate o f En crypti on you need to use fr om the dr op-down m enu. 3. Select “Create K eys with P assphrase” . 4. T ype the n etwo ...
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23 Create 64-bit k eys on a P ock et PC Create 128-bit k eys on a P ock et PC T o create an encrypti on key m anu ally: 1. Click th e “Encrypti on” tab . 2. Select th e r ate o f en crypti on you need to use fr om the d rop-d own men u. 3. Select “Cr eate K eys M an u ally” . 4. Depen din g on th e r ate o f encrypti on you are usin g, foll ...
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wir eless networking 24 Link The “Link” tab sh ows you the curr ent conn ection status . Link displayed on a P ock et PC Link displayed on a handheld PC a b c d e f a b c d e f P74036_A_F5D6060_man.qxd 5/24/02 1:46 PM Page 24 ...
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25 State Shows th e MAC ad dr ess of th e access point or wir eless router that your Card is curr ently associ ated with. Curren t Channel Displays the curr ent chann el of th e wireless n etwork. Curren t Tx Rate Shows th e curren t connecti on speed in Mbps. Throughput (bytes/sec) Shows th e curren t throughput statisti cs for tr ansmit (Tx) and ...
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wir eless networking 26 Configuring T CP/IP Settings U sing a P ock et PC T CP/IP settings ar e sometim es requir ed to access certain n etworks. In man y cases, th e factory settin gs of th e Car d will be properly set to access your network. If you n eed specific T CP/IP inform ati on, you sh ould contact your network ad ministrator . T o access ...
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27 4. From th e Connecti ons win dow , d ouble-click on th e “Network” i con. 5. Select “Belkin Wireless PD A Network Car d” . wir eless networking P74036_A_F5D6060_man.qxd 5/24/02 1:46 PM Page 27 ...
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wir eless networking 28 6. The “IP ad dr ess” page will be displayed . Dependin g on your network settin gs, you will have to en ter the pr oper inform ation in to the IP ad dr ess settings . If you are usin g your Car d with a network that assi gns IP ad dr esses automati cally using a DHCP server , then select “Use server-assi gned IP ad dr ...
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29 2. T ype in the IP ad d r ess , subn et m ask, an d def ault gateway . This inform ation can be pr ovid ed to you by your network ad ministr ator if you do n ot have it. 3. Ne xt, click th e “Nam e Servers” tab . 4. En ter th e DNS ad d r ess and th e Alt DNS add ress . If you also requir e WINS add resses , type these in as well. This inf o ...
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wir eless networking 30 Configuring T CP/IP Settings U sing a Handheld PC T CP/IP settings ar e sometim es requir ed to access certain n etworks. In man y cases, th e factory settin gs of th e Car d will be properly set to access your network. If you n eed specific T CP/IP inform ati on, you sh ould contact your network ad ministrator . T o access ...
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31 Dependin g on your network settin gs, you will have to en ter the pr oper inform ation in to the IP ad dr ess settings . If you are usin g your Car d with a network that assi gns IP ad dr esses automati cally using a DHCP server , then select “U se server-assign ed IP add ress” . This is the f actory def ault setting. After m aking an y chan ...
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wir eless networking 32 FCC Statement DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMA GNETIC COMP A TIBILITY W e , Belkin Compon ents , of 501 W est W aln ut Str eet, Compton, CA 90220, declar e und er our sole respon sibility that the pr odu ct, F5D6060 to which this d eclarati on relates , complies with P art 15 o f th e FCC Rules. Oper a ...
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Modifications The FCC r equir es th e user to be n otified that an y chan g es or m odificati ons to this devi ce that ar e n ot e xpressly appr oved by Belkin Compon en ts m ay void th e users authority to oper ate th e equipm en t. Canada- Industry Canada (IC) The wir eless r adi o o f this devi ce compli es with RSS 139 & RSS 210 In d ustry ...
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wir eless networking 34 Belkin Components Limited Lifetime Pr oduct W arranty Belkin Componen ts warr an ts this pr odu ct again st d efects in m aterials an d workman- ship for its lifetim e . If a defect is discover ed , Belkin will, at its option, r epair or replace the prod uct at n o char g e pr ovi d ed it is r eturned d uring th e warr an ty ...
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