How to Configure the Belkin Wireless Print Server

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Belkin Wireless Print Server (F1UP0001)

Overview:

The Printer Server gives wireless capability to your printer so that you can send print

jobs to you printer without the need of using cables between the PCs and the printer.The Print server can centralise all printing in a Local Area Network or it can be used

with simply one computer.

Print Server Modes:

A. Peer to Peer:

B. Infrastructure:

Ethernet enabled PC F1UP0001

Printer

USB CABLE

F1UP0001

Printer

USB CABLEWireless Router


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Multiple PCs Usage (Connecting to a router):

Installation:

1. Connect the Ethernet provided with the Print Server between the Print Server and

the PC.

2. Connect your printer to the print server.

3. Open Control Panel.

4. Double click on Network Connections.

5. Locate the icon labelled Local Area Connection.

6. Right click on the icon Local Area Connection and select Properties.

7. Locate the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) item and click on the Properties button.

8. Select the option Use the following IP Address and type the followinginformation:


Printer

USB CABLE


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IP Address: 192.168.2.100

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

9. Accept the Changes by clicking on OK.

9. Click on OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window.

Now we need to establish if there is communication between the PC and the PrintServer.

10. Click on Start, Run.

11. Type CMD and click on OK.

12. In the MS-DOS screen type: ipconfig and press Enter on your keyboard. Youshould now see the details as below.


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13. Now type: ping 192.168.2.253 and hit on the Enter key on your keyboard. Youshould now see the details as below.

The command Ping should give you 4 lines beginning with Reply

14. Double click on the file F1UP0001.EXE.

15. Click on the Next button on the GUI on each step (the button should be clickedon twice).

16. You will now see the screen below:


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17. Click on Next.

18. Click on the Print Test Page button. A page should now be printing on yourprinter.

19. Click on Finish and then click on Quit.

20. Open the Printer and Faxes folder.

21. Right-click on the icon of your Printer and select Properties.

22. Click on the Ports tab.

23. Make sure that the Belkin Port has been selected.


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24. Single click on the Belkin port and click on Configure Port.

25. Click on the Locate Servers button. You will see window below:

26. Click on OK and close all the opened windows.

27. Open a WEB Browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla.

28. In the Address Bar type: 192.168.2.253 (without WWW. or http://) and press

the Enter key on your keyboard.


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29. You will now see the configuration interface for the Print Server.

30. Click on the Login word located on the right hand side of the blue banner thatruns across the top section of the page.

31. Click on Submit as there is no password set (setting by default).

32. Click on Site Survey on the left hand side of the page.

33. Click on the Refresh button.

34. Click on the Join tick box and apply the changes.

35. Click on IP Address on the left hand side of the page.

36. Make sure that DHCP Client option id turned Off.

37. Make sure that the IP address is an IP Address in the same range as your LocalArea Network.


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38. Make sure that the Gateway IP Address is set to the IP Address of the router.

34. If the parameters of your LAN are not as above, when you Apply the changes,

you might see that it will NOT load the configuration page of the Print Server. If thisis the case you will need to repeat Steps 6-13 to be able to open the GUI of the PrintServer.

35. Click on Logout and close the web browser window.

36. Disconnect the Ethernet Cable between the PC and the Print Server.

37. Re-establish communication between the PC and the router and make sure youhave access to the internet or that you can execute the Ping command to the routerwith 4 Replies.

38. Type: Ping 192.168.2.253 and press the Enter Key. You should now get 4

replies.


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39. The Print Server is now configured to print from any where in your wirelessnetwork.


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Single Computer (Peer to Peer Mode)

Installation:

1. Connect the Ethernet cable provided with the Print Server between the Print

Server and the Ethernet (RJ45) connection of the PC. PLEASE REFER TOCOMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS TO VERIFY THE PC HAS NETWORK INTERFACE

CARD WITH RJ45 CONNECTION.

2. Connect your printer to the print server.



5. Locate the icon labelled Local Area Connection.

6. Right click on the icon Local Area Connection and select Properties.


8. Select the option Use the following IP Address and type the following

information:

IP Address: 192.168.2.100Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0


Printer

USB CABLE


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9. Click on OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window.

Now we need to establish if there is communication between the PC and the Print

Server.

10. Click on Start, Run.

11. Type CMD and click on OK.

12. In the MS-DOS screen type: ipconfig and press Enter on your keyboard. You

should now see the details as below.


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13. Now type: ping 192.168.2.253 and hit on the Enter key on your keyboard. You

should now see the details as below.

The command Ping should give you 4 lines beginning with Reply

14. Double click on the file F1UP0001.EXE.

15. Click on the Next button on the Graphic User Interface on each step (the buttonshould be clicked on twice).

16. You will now see the screen below:


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17. Click on Next.

18. Click on the Print Test Page button. A page should now be printing on yourprinter.

19. Click on the Advanced button. An Internet Explorer browser will open.

20. Click on Channel and SSID located on the left hand side.

21. Insert the parameters as the figure below (SSID=F1UP0001, Network Type:Ad-hoc

CHANNEL AND SSID


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22. Click on Apply Changes.



25. Locate the icon labelled Wireless Network Connection.

26. Right click on the icon Wireless Network Connection and select Properties.


28. Select the option Use the following IP Address and type the followinginformation:

IP Address: 192.168.2.200Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0


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30. Click on OK on the Wireless Network Connection Properties window.

31. Disconnect the Ethernet (RJ45) cable between the PC and the Print Server.

32. Disable the Local Area Connection right-clicking on the icon and selecting theoption: Disable.

33. Open your Wireless Network Connection Utility and Re-scan for available

networks.


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34. Select the network: F1UP0001 and click on Connect.

35. Repeat steps 10-18 making sure that every single step is completed successfully.

36. The Printer is now configured to print through the Print Server.

How to Configure the Belkin Wireless Print Server

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