CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX

4-2 Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself!

Scenario

Solution

I can’t find any wireless

1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times

access point / wireless

and see if you can find any wireless

device in ‘Site Survey’

access point or wireless device.

function.

2. Please move closer to any known

 

wireless access point.

 

3. ‘Ad hoc’ function must be enabled for

 

the wireless device you wish to

 

establish a direct wireless link.

 

4. Please adjust the position of network

 

card (you may have to move your

 

computer if you’re using a notebook

 

computer) and click ‘Rescan’ button

 

for few more times. If you can find the

 

wireless access point or wireless

 

device you want to connect by doing

 

this, try to move closer to the place

 

where the wireless access point or

 

wireless device is located.

Nothing happens when

1. Please make sure the wireless

I click ‘Launch config

network card is inserted into your

utilities’

computer’s USB port. If the Edimax

 

configuration utility’s icon is black,

 

the network card is not detected by

 

your computer.

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Edimax Technology EW-7318USg, EW-7727In, EW-7318Ug, EW-7718Un, EW-7748In, EW-7728In Chapter IV Appendix, Troubleshooting

EW-7108PCg, EW-7738Pn, EW-7708Pn, EW-7318USg, EW-7727In specifications

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