Belkin F5D8235-4 User Manual

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N+ Wireless Router

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table of contents

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Wi-fi Protected setup (WPs)

Enabled or Disabled .

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Personal Identification Number (PIN) Method:

In this method, a wireless client wishing to access your network must

supply an 8-digit PIN to the Router . After clicking “Enroll”, you must start

the WPS handshaking procedure from the client within two minutes .

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Router PIN

If an external registrar is available, you may enter in the Router’s PIN

to the registrar . Click “Generate New PIN” to change the PIN from the

default value . Click “Restore Default PIN” to reset the PIN value .

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Push button Configuration (PbC) Method

PBC is an alternate method to connect to a WPS network . Push the PBC

button located on the back of the Router for two seconds, and then

initiate the PBC on the client device . Alternatively, push the “Start PBC”

soft button to start this process .

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Manual Configuration Method

This section lists the default security settings to be set up if not using

WPS .

WPa2 Requirements

IMPoRTaNT: In order to use WPA2 security, all your computers and

wireless client adapters must be upgraded with patches, driver, and

client utility software that supported WPA2 . At the time of this User

Manual’s publication, a couple security patches are available, for free

download, from Microsoft® . These patches work only with the Windows

XP operating system . Other operating systems are not supported at this

time .

For Windows XP computers that do not have Service Pack 2 (SP2),

a file from Microsoft called “Windows XP Support Patch for Wireless

Protected Access (KB 826942)” is available for free download at

http://support .microsoft .com/kb/826942

For Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Microsoft has released a

free download to update the wireless client components to support

WPA2 (KB971021) . The update is available from: http://support .

microsoft .com/kb/917021

These steps are not necessary for Windows XP SP3 and above .

IMPoRTaNT: You also need to ensure that all your wireless client cards/

adapters support WPA2, and that you have downloaded and installed

the latest driver . Most of the Belkin wireless cards have driver updates

available for download from the Belkin support site: www .belkin .com/

networking .