Belkin F5L049 User manual

Home Base
User Manual
8820-00256 F5L049

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
9 Media Server.......................................... 26
10 Upgrading Home Base Firmware ....................... 27
11 Troubleshooting ...................................... 30
12 Firewalls ............................................ 32
13 FAQs ................................................ 48
14 Technical Support .................................... 51
15 Information .......................................... 52
1 Introduction ........................................... 1
2 Getting Started......................................... 3
3 Wireless Setup ......................................... 5
4 Available Devices List ................................... 8
5 Device Properties ...................................... 9
6 Local Backup ......................................... 12
7 Picture Sharing........................................ 15
8 Control Center Options................................. 24

(A) Wireless Security – Indicates wireless security is enabled when lit
(B) WPS Connect Button – Automatically establishes secure wireless
connection to routers with similar WPS connect button feature
(C) Wireless Connection – Indicates wireless LAN connection when lit
(D) Power – On/Off
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Belkin Home Base. By following these simple setup instructions, your Belkin Home Base will allow you
to share your USB printer and hard drives, with any computer or laptop on your home network. The Control Center software offers a
convenient central location to configure the Home Base and the USB devices you attach to it.
Home Base Capabilities
• Share and control printers and scanners among all
the networked computers in your home
• Share external drives with all the networked computers
in your home
• Back up critical and precious content from all your networked
computers to an external drive for safekeeping
• Schedule automatic backups to regularly archive new content
and changes
• Automatically share pictures on Flickr®and Picasa®
• Set up an external drive to act as a DLNA server for
your media content
• Media files served through Home Base’s drive can be
accessed directly from Xbox 360™, PlayStation®3, and
other DLNA client devices
(A) (B) (C) (D)

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Benefits of Home Base
• Share – Easily pass files back and forth across the network. Share
music, photos, video, documents, or any content you want by
placing it on the external drive attached to Home Base.
• PeaceofMind – All your critical content can be backed up to the
drive(s) attached to Home Base. All your family photos and critical
documents will be safe from computer crashes.
• Mobility – Print and scan from anywhere in the home. You are no
longer tethered to the computer, nor do you need to email print
jobs to a computer physically connected to the printer.
• Freedom – Hide your printers, scanners, and external drives
out of sight.
• Flexibility – Any USB peripheral can be shared among all your
networked computers simply by attaching it to Home Base.
Package Contents
• Belkin Home Base
• Quick Installation Guide
• Belkin Setup Assistant Software CD
• RJ45 Ethernet Networking Cable
• Power Supply
• User Manual on the Setup Assistant CD
System Requirements
• Windows®, XP, or Vista®32- or 64-bit
• Mac OS®X v10.4 or v10.5
• Minimum 1GHz processor and 128MB RAM

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GETTING STARTED
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Connect Home Base to your network
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First, connect Home Base to
your router with a network
cable. Next, plug the included
power supply into Home Base
and into a power outlet.
If you’d like to use Home Base wire-
lessly, plug it into your router for now.
The setup software will help you
make Home Base operate on your
wireless network. You can
also use WPS to wirelessly set up
Home Base. See the help file on the
CD for details.
Run the setup software
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Run the setup software to make Home Base a member of your network.
Insert the CD, and the setup software will run*. Choose “Set Up Home
Base”. If you don’t already have it installed, the setup software will also
install Control Center on your machine.
Setup CD

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Install Control Center on other computers
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You will need to install Control Center on each additional
computer that will use Home Base. Insert the CD and the
setup software will run*. Choose “Install Control Center”.
*If the setup software does
not run automatically, browse
the CD and run “Setup”.
Connect USB devices
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Once Home Base is a member of your network, you’re
ready to plug in printers, hard drives, and other USB
devices to share among your computers. Simply plug each
device into an open USB port on the back of Home Base.
Note: If you plug a printer into Home Base, each
computer will ask you to install the printer’s driver if it
hasn’t been done already. You’ll only have to do this once.
You can manage these devices via the Control
Center, the icon of which appears in your system
tray (Windows®) or menu bar (Mac OS®X). It is
also accessible via the Start menu (Windows) or
Applications folder (Mac OS X).

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WIRELESS SETUP
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There are three ways to attach your Home Base to your
wireless network:
• WiredSetupofWirelessMode
• WPSPushButtonConfiguration
• WPSPINConfiguration
Wired Setup of Wireless Mode
Note: If Home Base is powered on while plugged into a router, it
will operate as a wired device. To enable Wireless mode, follow
instructions below.
The setup software will help you make Home Base operate as a member
of your wireless network.
1. Start by connecting your Home Base to your router.
(You’ll unplug it later.)
2. Connect the AC adapter.
3. Run the setup software and follow the software’s instructions
to set up the Home Base.
4. When offered wireless setup, select a wireless network.
5. The setup software will tell Home Base what network you chose.
Follow the software’s instructions to unplug your Home Base from
the router and turn it off and on.
6. Your Home Base will then operate as a member of your
wireless network.

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WIRELESS SETUP
WPS Push Button Configuration
If your router supports WPS, the WPS Push Button Configuration (PBC) is the quickest way to get Home Base onto your
wireless network.
Status of WPS Wireless Security:
Off Wireless security is off
Blinking Blue WPS handshaking in process
Solid Blue Wireless security is on
If a connection is established, Home Base’s security LED will come on
in solid blue.
If a connection is not established after more than two minutes, the
security LED will flash quickly and continuously for 10 seconds, then
stop, and you’ll need to try again.
If Home Base couldn’t determine to which router to connect, the
security LED will flash in bursts of five for 10 seconds, then stop, and
you’ll need to try again.
1. Make sure Home Base is NOT plugged into your router.
2. Connect the AC adapter.
3. Push the WPS button on your router. (Refer to your router’s
instruction manual.)
4. Push and hold the WPS button on Home Base. Release the WPS
button when the blue security LED on the Home Base and the LED
start blinking. Once the LED starts blinking in longer intervals for
approximately three seconds, release the button.
5. Home Base and your router will negotiate a connection.

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WIRELESS SETUP
1. Read the PIN code from the bottom of Home Base.
2. Make sure Home Base is NOT plugged into your router.
3. Connect the AC adapter.
4. Push and hold the WPS button on Home Base. Release the WPS
button when the security LED on Home Base starts blinking short
blinks after about 10 seconds.
5. Enter the PIN code into your router’s interface. (Refer to your
router’s instruction manual.)
6. Home Base and your router will negotiate a connection.
If a connection is established, Home Base’s security LED will come on
in solid blue.
If a connection is not established after more than two minutes, the
security LED will flash quickly and continuously for 10 seconds, then
stop, and you’ll need to try again.
For more information on wireless setup, see the “Troubleshooting” and
“FAQs” sections in this manual.
WPS PIN Configuration
If your router does not support the WPS Push Button Configuration, the alternative is to apply the WPS security using the PIN
Configuration. Locate the 8-digit PIN code on the bottom of Home Base and enter this pin into your router to manually initiate a
WPS connection.

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AVAILABLE DEVICES LIST
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The “Available Devices” tab displays a list of USB devices connected
to Home Base and allows you to select devices and specify connection
settings for them. For more information, see the “Device Properties”
section on the next page.
To connect to a USB device, select it and click “Connect”. Alternatively,
you can double-click on a device to connect to it. If you double-click
on a disk drive, you can access the contents of the disk drive.
By default, disks attached to Home Base are shared with all computers
on the network. A disk can be unmounted safely by selecting it and
clicking “Disconnect”. A disk that is not mounted can be mounted again
by unplugging and plugging its USB cable back into Home Base.
If someone is using a device you’d like to use, select the device and
click “Request Use”. A message will appear on the user’s computer
notifying him or her that you wish to use this device. They can elect to
make the device available to you, or not.
The “Available Devices” tab displays a list of USB devices connected to Home Base and allows you to select devices and specify
connection settings for them. For more information, see the “Device Properties” section below.