GE FPC 1000 manual Troubleshooting the FPC

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Chapter 2

2.3 Troubleshooting the FPC 1000

When properly installed and used, the Flarion Wireless Broadband PC Card is very reliable. Problems that arise are likely to be because:

Wireless Broadband coverage is not available.

The FPC 1000 is not compatible with the operating system in your PC. The following operating systems do not work with the wireless network card: Windows 95, Windows 98 (Gold Edition), and NT 4.0.

Other devices are using the system resources that are required for the FPC 1000 to function

The wrong driver has been installed.

Identify possible causes and solutions to problems from the Troubleshooting Table.

Table 2: FPC 1000 Troubleshooting Table (for Notebook Usage)

Card Problems

Possible Causes

Suggestions

The Flarion

The card is not

Reinsert the card. The blue light should

Mobility Manager

fully inserted.

appear when inserted properly.

icon says

You disabled the

In the Flarion Mobility Manager window,

“Disabled”.

session but forgot

Click “Options”, then “Enable”.

 

to enable it.

Remove and reinsert the PC card.

 

The driver was

Uninstall and then reinstall the software

 

stopped from the

correctly.

 

system tray.

 

 

The software was

 

 

not successfully

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

Flarion FPC 1000 Wireless Network Card User Guide

2004 Flarion

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Flarion Proprietary and Confidential

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Contents Flarion FPC 1000 Wireless Network Card User Guide Copyright and Trademark Statement Table of Contents List of Figures FPC 1000 Basics FPC 1000 Applications About FMM About Driver SoftwareUsing FPC 1000 with a Notebook PC Checking Hardware and Software Requirements Hardware Requirements for the FPCInstalling Flarion Mobility Manager Software On the CD Launcher menu, click Install SoftwareMobility Manager Setup Screen Attaching the Antenna to the PC Card Attaching the Standard AntennaInstalling the Extended Range Antenna Kit Attaching the Extended Range AntennaInstalled Extended Range Antenna Inserting the FPC 1000 into the Pcmcia SlotLoading Device Drivers for Windows Loading Device Drivers for Windows 2000/XPUsing the FPC General Usage GuidelinesUsing the Flarion Mobility Manager FMM IconFMM Indicators Monitoring Connection Status and Connection Time Connection Status and Connection TimeMonitoring Kilobytes Received and Sent Kilobytes Received and SentMonitoring Signal Strength and Quality Signal Strength and Quality IndicatorsClosing, Exiting and Ending Sessions Closing, Exiting and Ending Enabling and Disabling the FPC Windows 2000/XPAbout Software Upgrades Upgrading SoftwareUpgrade Available Message Information Screen Advanced Tab Downloading Update Message Check for Upgrade No Files Need Updating Message Downloading Updates Message Complete Package Uninstall and Reinstall Software Upgrade Notes Removing the FPC Removing the Antenna from the FPC Antenna Aligned with the FPCTroubleshooting the FPC After software Card Problems Possible Causes Suggestions Appendix A. Technical Specifications