Belkin Router F5D8233-4 User Manual

Using  your  Internet  browser,  you  can  access  the  Router’s  Web-Based 
Advanced  User  Interface.  In  your  browser,  type  “192.168.2.1”  (do  not 
type  in  anything  else  such  as  “http://”  or  “www”)  then  press  the
“Enter”  key.

You  will  see  the  Router’s  home  page  in  your  browser  window.

Viewing the LAN Settings

Clicking  on  the  header  of  the  LAN  tab 
(1)
  will  take  you  to  the  LAN  tab’s 
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Changing LAN Settings
All  settings  for  the  inter nal  LAN  setup  of  the  Router  can  be  viewed 
and  changed  here.

(1)

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(3)

1.  IP Address

The  “IP  address”  is  the  internal  IP  address  of  the  Router.  The 
default  IP  address  is  “192.168.2.1”.  To  access  the  advanced  setup 
interface,  type  this  IP  address  into  the  address  bar  of  your  browser. 
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3.   DHCP Server
The  DHCP  server  function  makes  setting  up  a  network  very  easy 
by  assigning  IP  addresses  to  each  computer  on  the  network 
automatically.  The  default  setting  is  “On”.  The  DHCP  server  can 
be  turned  OFF  if  necessary;  however,  in  order  to  do  so  you  must 
manually  set  a  static  IP  address  for  each  computer  on  your  network. 
To  turn  off  the  DHCP  server,...

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Viewing the DHCP Client List Page
You  can  view  a  list  of  the  computers  (known  as  clients),  which  are 

connected  to  your  network.  You  are  able  to  view  the  IP  address 
(1)
  of 

the  computer,  the  host  name 
(2)
  (if  the  computer  has  been  assigned 

one),  and  the  MAC  address 
(3)
  of  the  computer’s  network  interface 

card  (NIC).  Pressing  the  “Refresh” 
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Changing the Wireless Network Name (SSID)
To  identify  your  wireless  network,  a  name  called  the  SSID    is  used. 
The  SSID  is  your  network  name.  The  default  network  name  of  the 
Router  is  “Belkin  N  Wireless”  followed  by  six  digits  that  are  unique  to 
your  Router.  Your  network  name  will  look  something  like
“Belkin_N_Wireless_123456”.  You  can  change  this  to  anything  you...

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Changing  the  Wireless  Channel
There  are  a  number  of  operating  channels  from  which  you  can
choose—in  the  United  States,  there  are  11  and  in  the  United  Kingdom 
(and  most  of  Europe),  there  are  13.  In  a  small  number  of  other  countries, 
there  are  other  channel  requirements.  Your  Router  is  configured  to 
operate  on  the  proper  channels  for  the  country  in  which...

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Using  the  Bandwidth  Switch
This  switch  allows  you  to  set  the  Router’s  wireless  bandwidth  modes. 
There  are  several  modes  available:

1)   
20MHz  only
Setting  the  Router  to  this  mode  allows  only  20MHz  operation.  This 
mode  is  compatible  with  N,  draft  802.11n-,  802.11g-,  and
802.11b-compliant  devices,  but  will  limit  N,  draft  802.11n-compliant 
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Using  the  Broadcast  SSID  Feature

Note:
  This  advanced  feature  should  be  employed  by  advanced  users 
only.  For  security,  you  can  choose  not  to  broadcast  your  network’s  SSID. 
Doing  so  will  keep  your  network  name  hidden  from  computers  that  are 
scanning  for  the  presence  of  wireless  networks.  To  turn  off  the  broadcast 
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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
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Setting WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)

Like  WPA  security,  WPA2  is  available  in  both  WPA2-Personal  (PSK) 
mode  and  WPA2-Enterprise  (RADIUS)  mode.  Typically,  WPA2-Personal 
(PSK)  is  the  mode  that  will  be  used  in  a  home  environment,  while 
WPA2-Enterprise  (RADIUS)  is  implemented  in  a  business  environment 
where  an  exter nal  radius  server  distributes  the  network  key  to  the...