“Bluetoothproblems”onpage104
Formoreinformation,see“HelpandSupport”onpage113.
Ethernetproblems
ForEthernetproblems,selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
“Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork”onpage103
“Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason”onpage103
“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnectionfails
orerrorsoccur”onpage104
“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,it
connectsat100Mbps”onpage104
Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork
Symptom:Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork.
Actions:Makesurethat:
Thecableisinstalledproperly.
ThenetworkcablemustbesecurelyconnectedtoboththeEthernetconnectorofyourcomputerand
theRJ45connectorofthehub.Themaximumallowabledistancefromthecomputertohubis100
meters.Ifthecableisconnectedandthedistanceiswithinacceptablelimitsbuttheproblempersists,try
adifferentcable.
Thecableisinstalledproperly.
Youareusingthecorrectdevicedriver.
OntheWindows7oper atingsystemandtheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStartControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministr atorpasswordorconrmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconrmation.
4.IfanexclamationmarkisdisplayednexttoanadapternameunderNetworkadapters,youmightnot
usethecorrectdriverorthedriverisnotenabled.Toupdatethedriver,right-clickthehighlighted
adapter.
5.ClickUpdateDriverSoftware,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Theswitchportandtheadapterhavethesameduplexsetting.
Ifyouconguredtheadapterforfullduplex,makesuretheswitchportisalsoconguredforfullduplex.
Settingthewrongduple xmodecandegradeperformance,causedataloss,orr esultinlostconnections.
Youhaveinstalledallnetworkingsoftwarethatisnecessaryforyournetworkenvironment.
CheckwithyourLANadministratorforthenecessarynetworkingsoftware.
Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason
Symptom:Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason.
Action:Thenetworkdriverlesmaybecorruptormissing.Updatethedriverbyreferringtothe“Solution”
descriptionfortheproceduretomakesurethatthecorrectdevicedriverisinstalled.
TheWakeonLANfeatureisnotworking
Symptom:TheWakeonLAN(WOL)featureisnotworking.
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