Actions:
•MakesurethatWOLisenabledintheBIOSSetupUtilityprogram.
•Ifitis,checkwithyourLANadministratorforthenecessarysettings.
IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnection
failsorerrorsoccur
Symptom:IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnection
failsorerrorsoccur.
Actions:
•UseCategory5wiringandmakesurethatthenetworkcableissecurelyconnected.
•Connecttoa1000BASE-Thub/switch(not1000BASE-X).
IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,
itconnectsat100Mbps
Symptom:IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.
Instead,itconnectsat100Mbps.
Actions:
•Tryanothercable.
•Makesurethatthelinkpartnerissettoauto-negotiate.
•Makesurethattheswitchis802.3ab-compliant(gigabitovercopper).
AwirelessLANproblemSymptom:Youcannotconnectusingthebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingcard.
Actions:
•MakesurethatyourwirelessLANdriveristhelatestversion.ChecktheW ebsiteandverifythedriver
versionsupportedbyAccessConnectionsisthelatestdocumentedinthereadmele.
•Makesurethatyourcomputeriswithinrangeofawirelessaccesspoint.
•Makesurethatthewirelessradioisenabledbydouble-clickingtheAccessConnectionsiconinthe
Windowsnoticationarea.
Note:IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,clickShowhiddeniconsin
theWindowsnoticationarea.TheAccessConnectionsiconisdisplayed.Formoreinformationabout
theicon,seetheHelpinAccessConnections.
•CheckNetworkName(SSID),andyourencryptioninformation.UseAccessConnectionstoverifythis
case-sensitiveinformation.
AwirelessWANproblemMessage:UnauthorizedWANcardispluggedin-PoweroffandremovetheWANcard.
Action:TheWANcardisnotsupportedonthiscomputer.Removeit.
Note:SomecomputermodelsdonothaveawirelessWAN.
BluetoothproblemsForBluetoothproblems,selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“SounddoesnotcomefromtheBluetoothheadphone”onpage103
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