APPENDIX A—TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM

CAUSE

SOLUTION

No lights are lit on

The wireless card is not

• Remove and reinsert the Wireless PCI

the Wireless PCI

inserted into the PCI slot on

Adapter.

Adapter.

your desktop PC properly Or

• Check the device manager in Windows

 

the proper HA311 Wireless

to see if the adapter card is properly

 

PCI Adapter driver is not

recognized in the Windows operating

 

loaded.

system. Reload the driver if necessary.

 

 

• Try to install the Wireless PCI Adapter in

 

 

different PCI slot if it’s available.

The two LED’s are

The Wireless PCI Adapter is

• The access point may not be powered

blinking

not associated to any access

on.

alternately.

point properly. You may not

• The access point and the HA311

 

have configured the wireless

Wireless PCI Adapter are not configured

 

parameters of the wireless

with the same wireless parameters.

 

nodes to be the same as the

Check the SSID, Turbo mode option,

 

access point.

and WEP encryption settings.

 

 

• The access point may be out of range.

 

 

Try moving the system closer to the

 

 

access point or readjusting the antenna

 

 

on the access point. You may also

 

 

move the access point to a higher

 

 

location for better signal reception by

 

 

the Wireless PCI Adapter.

I am associated

This could be a physical layer

• Check to make sure that the access

and connected to

problem or a network

point is physically connected to the

an access point,

configuration problem.

Ethernet network.

but I cannot see

 

• Make sure that the IP addresses and the

the other

 

Windows networking parameters are all

computers on the

 

configured correctly.

Ethernet side of the

 

 

network.

 

 

 

 

 

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