LAN Connection Problems 13-3

LAN Connection Problems

Symptom

Possible Causes

Corrective Action

The LAN LED is Off. The OfficeConnect Remote 840 Manager Interface status indicates Ethernet interface is down.

The LAN cable is not connected.

The LAN cable has been damaged.

The MDI/X switch on the back of the unit is set for connecting Port 1 to a single workstation but the cable is connected to a hub (or vice versa).

Check that one end of the LAN cable is fully plugged into the LAN port. Check that the other end is fully plugged into the local LAN connection.

Replace the cable with another LAN cable.

Press the switch in to connect to a hub and out to connect to a workstation.

IP Wizard and Web Browser Problems

Symptom

Possible Causes

Corrective Action

 

 

 

The IP Wizard does not

There is a LAN

See “LAN Connection Problems”.

find the OfficeConnect

connection problem.

 

Remove 840 on the

 

 

local LAN.

 

 

 

The OfficeConnect

Only unconfigured OfficeConnect

 

Remove 840 already

Remote 840s are detected using the

 

has an IP address.

IP Wizard. If your OfficeConnect

 

 

Remote 840 has a LAN IP address

 

 

already assigned, it will not appear

 

 

in the IP Wizard list.

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