Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

If you found the router is working improperly or stop responding to you, before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by yourself within very short time.

Scenario

Solution

Router is not

a. Please check the connection of power cord and make

responding to me when

 

sure it is correctly and firmly inserted to the router.

I want to access it by

b. If all LEDs on this router are off, please check the status

web browser

 

of A/C power adapter, and make sure it’s correctly

 

 

powered, and the power is switched ON.

 

c. You must use the same IP address section which router

 

 

uses.

 

d. Are you using MAC or Packet filter? Try to connect the

 

 

router by another computer and see if it works; if not,

 

 

please restore your router to factory default settings

 

 

(pressing ‘Reset’ button and hold it for 6 seconds).

 

e. Set your computer to obtain an IP address automatically

 

 

(DHCP), and see if your computer can get an IP

 

 

address.

 

f.

If you did a firmware upgrade and this happens, contact

 

 

your dealer of purchase for help.

 

g.

If all above solutions don’t work, contact the Airlink101

 

 

Technical Support for help.

 

 

Can’t get connected to

a. Go to ‘Status’ and check Internet connection under

Internet

 

System Status. You should see valid addresses

 

 

assigned to IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway

 

 

and Domain Name Server, instead of showing ‘0.0.0.0’.

 

b. Please be patient, sometime Internet takes 1~2 minutes

 

 

to be connected, especially 3G network.

 

c.

Check if you can get connected to Internet with your

 

 

computer directly attached to the USB modem provided

 

 

by your Internet service provider.

 

d. Check 3G user ID and password you configured for the

 

 

 

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