Belkin F5D6020 Operating in Ad-Hoc Mode, Creating a Profile, Choosing a Profile, Quick Pick

USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY

Creating a Profile

Before you can use the Profile Manager, you need to create a profile. Follow these steps to create a profile.

1.If not already, turn ON the Profile Manager mode by pressing the “Activate Profile Manager Mode” button. (c).

2.The “Profile Name” field (a) will become active. Click inside of the

Profile Name field and type in the name you want to call the profile, such as “Home”.

3.At this point, you now need to set the rest of the parameters for the network that you will be connecting to. Set the Operating Mode, Encryption settings, Network Type, SSID, etc. When you have finished making these settings, click “Apply” (b).

A profile with the name you chose now exists in the Profile Manager. You can select this profile quickly and easily any time you need to use it.

Choosing a Profile

You can quickly and easily choose a profile any time you need it. There are two methods to do so.

Quick Pick

1.Right-click the Utility icon in the task bar.

2.Place your cursor over “Profile”. A list of the profiles you have created will appear. Move the cursor over the profile that you want to use and left-click on the name. The profile you just selected will become active.

Choosing from the Utility

1.Make sure Profile Manager mode is on.

2.Click the down-facing arrow next to “Profile Name”. A list of all of the profiles you have created will appear. Click on the name of the profile you want to use.

3.Click “Apply”. The profile you just selected will become active.

USING THE BELKIN WIRELESS LAN MONITOR UTILITY

Operating in Ad-Hoc Mode

Ad-Hoc mode is a peer-to-peer mode (computer-to-computer). To set two or more computers to communicate directly with each other, follow these steps:

a

b c

1.Select “Ad-Hoc” from the “Operating Mode” box (a).

2.Enter the channel you want to use in the “Channel” box (b). You can choose any one of the available channels you wish.

3.In the SSID field (c), type in the name you want to use to identify the Ad-Hoc network. You can name this anything you want.

4.Click “Apply” to save the changes. When the Card is in Ad-Hoc mode, the “Status” box (d) will say “Ready”.

NOTE: The Signal Strength and Link Quality indicators do not work in Ad-Hoc mode.

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