Setup Belkin Wireless N router by accessing the setup page

In this tutorial I am explaining the steps to configure Belkin Wireless N router F5D8233-4 by accessing the web based setup page. Usually geeks are configuring there Wireless routers by accessing their router setup page ,not by running the setup CD from Belkin. If you want to configure without dirty your hand by running the setup CD ,click on the link provided below.



How to Configure Belkin wireless router by running setup CD

On this page you will get instructions to run the CD and configure the wireless router. To set advance settings on your router it is better configure router by accessing the web based setup page and set the settings manually.

Steps to configure Belkin Wireless N router

Before accessing the web based setup page connect your router to the computer as shown in the figure. Here Ethernet port of the computer is connected to the LAN port of Belkin router using an Ethernet cable.



Now unplug the power cable from the modem. Let the Belking router and the computer powered on. Steps to setup Belking Router by accessing the steup page are:

1. Access Belkin setup page

To access Belkin's web based setup page type 192.168.2.1 on the address bar of the browser.

The default IP address of Belkin Wireless N router F5D8233-4 is 192.168.2.1



2. Enter the password while it prompts

By default there is no password set for the router and you just simply click submit button to log on to router setup page.




3. Setup the connection type ( Internet WAN)

Click on Internet WAN and select the connection type you want.




If you select the Dynamic IP option the window will be like this.



If you select PPPoE configuration from Belkin connection type the page will look like:


Here you should enter the user name and password provided by your Internet Service Provider. After entering the details you should click on save settings. Now your Belkin router is configured in PPPoE. In the same way your can setup your Belkin router for static IP and PPTP.

4. Change the LAN settings in Belkin Router

You can change the router IP address and you can enable or disable the DHCP function on the Belkin router using this window. By default belkin router IP address is 192.168.2.1 but you can change it to any other valid IP address.




5. Setup Wireless feature in Belkin Router

To edit the wireless settings click on Wireless tab in the setup page. You can edit the Wireless network name and wireless channel here.



Wireless name (SSID) is the name of your wireless network. The most recommended wireless channel is 6. You can use wireless channel 1 and 11 too.

6. Enable Wireless Security in Belkin

To enable wireless security on Belkin router click on security under wireless tab and follow the instructions in the link below.

enable wireless security in Belkin wireless router





You should update Belkin Router Firmware

It is very important that you should update Belkin router firmware after configuring the router. To know how to update the firmware read below.

Update Firmware of Belkin Wireless N Router

For getting the optimum performance from a device we need to update the firmware of that device. Belkin releases the new updated firmware for their products to improve the features and fix the known bugs in the earlier one. So it is our duty to update our wireless router with latest firmware release.

How to check if I am having latest firmware in Belkin Router

To check it follow the steps below.

1. Log on to Belkin router

To know how to log on to belkin wireless router click on the link below.

Access Belkin setup page

2. Click on Utilities and under Utilities you can see Firmware Update.



3. Click on Check Firmware version.


If you have an old version of firmware it will show you that and will give an option to download the latest version of firmware.

Download Latest version of Firmware

To download the latest version of firmware follow the instruction given by the router after click on the button check the firmware version.



1. Click on Download Firmware Now

2. Save the Firmware on your Desktop


Update Belkin Router's Firmware

To update routers firmware go to the update Firmware page again.

1. Click on Update

2. You will be asked if you are sure you want to continue.



Click “OK” to continue.

3. One more alert will come as in the image below.

Allow firmware updation on Belkin Router

Click OK to continue.

4. Now the router starts reboot. After rebooting the Belkin wireless router the firmware version will be updated to the latest version. You can verifie it by following the first steps provided in this post.