Belkin F5D8011 Overview, Product Features, Choose the Quietest Channel for your Wireless Network

Introduction

4. Choose the “Quietest” Channel for your Wireless Network

In locations where homes or offices are close together, such as apartment buildings or office complexes, there may be wireless networks nearby that can conflict with yours. Use the Site Survey capabilities of your Belkin Wireless Networking Utility to locate any other wireless networks, and move your wireless router (or access point) and computers to a channel

as far away from other networks as possible.

Experiment with more than one of the available channels in order to find the clearest connection and avoid interference from neighboring cordless phones or other wireless devices.

For more Belkin wireless networking products, use the detailed Site Survey and wireless channel information included in your

User Manual.

5.Secure Connections, VPNs, and AOL

Secure connections typically require a user name and password, and are used where security is important. Secure connections include:

•Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections, often used to connect remotely to an office network

•The “Bring Your Own Access” program from America Online (AOL), which lets you use AOL through broadband provided by another cable or DSL service

•Most online banking websites

•Many commercial websites that require a user name and password to access your account

Secure connections can be interrupted by a computer’s power management setting, which causes it to “go to sleep.” The simplest solution to avoid this is to simply reconnect by re-running the VPN or AOL software, or by re-logging into the secure website.

A second alternative is to change your computer’s power management settings so it does not go to sleep; however, this may not be appropriate for portable computers. To change your power management setting in Windows, see the “Power Options” item in the Control Panel.

If you continue to have difficulty with Secure Connections, VPNs, and AOL, please review steps 1–4 in the previous pages to be sure you have addressed these issues.

These guidelines should allow you to cover the maximum possible area with your wireless router. Should you need to cover an even wider area, we suggest the Belkin Wireless Range Extender/Access Point.

For more information regarding our networking products, visit our website at www.belkin.com/networking or call Belkin Technical Support.

Overview

Product Features

The Card complies with the IEEE draft-802.11n specification to communicate with other draft-802.11n-compliant wireless devices at up to 300Mbps*. The Card is also compatible with 802.11g devices at 54Mbps as well as 802.11b products at 11Mbps. The Card operates on the same 2.4GHz frequency band as 802.11b/g Wi-Fi®products.

•2.4GHz ISM (Industrial, Science, and Medical) band operation

•Integrated easy-to-use Belkin Wireless Networking Utility

•CardBus interface, for operation in virtually any notebook computer

•WPA, WPA2, 64-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), or 128-bit encryption

•Wireless access to networked resources

•Data rate of up to 300Mbps* (draft 802.11n), 54Mbps (802.11g), or 11Mbps (802.11b)

•Easy installation and use

•LED power and network link/activity indicators

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