46Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Table 5 WLAN Handset messages, descriptions, and actions

Message

Description

Action

 

 

 

DCA Timeout

The WLAN Handset has detected a fault

Turn the WLAN Handset off, then on

 

for which is cannot recover, possibly due

again. If the error persists, contact your

 

to a failure to acquire any network.

system administrator.

 

 

 

DHCP Error (1-5)

DHCP Error 1

The WLAN Handset cannot locate a

 

 

DHCP server. It will try every four

 

 

seconds until a server is located.

 

 

 

 

DHCP Error 2

The WLAN Handset has not received a

 

 

response from the DHCP server to a

 

 

request for an IP address. It will retry until

 

 

a DHCP server is found.

 

 

 

 

DHCP Error 3

The server refuses to lease the WLAN

 

 

Handset an IP address. It will keep trying.

 

 

 

 

DHCP Error 4

The DHCP server offered the WLAN

 

 

Handset a lease that is too short. The

 

 

minimum lease time is 10 minutes. One

 

 

hour is the minimum recommended lease

 

 

time.

 

 

The WLAN Handset will stop trying.

 

 

Notify the system administrator.

 

 

 

 

DHCP Error 5

Failure during WEP Key rotation process

 

 

(proprietary feature). Notify the system

 

 

administrator.

 

 

 

DHCP Lease Exp

DHCP is not responding to renewal

The WLAN Handset failed to renew its

yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

attempts (at least one renewal

DHCP lease, either because the DHCP

 

succeeded).

server is not running, or because the

 

 

configuration has been changed by the

 

 

administrator. The handset will attempt to

 

 

negotiate a new lease, which will either

 

 

work, or change to one of the DHCP

 

 

errors.

 

 

 

DHCP NACK error

The DHCP server explicitly refused

The DHCP lease currently in use by the

yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

renewal.

WLAN Handset is no longer valid, which

 

forces the handset to restart. This

 

 

 

 

problem should resolve itself after the

 

 

restart. If it does not, the problem is in the

 

 

DHCP server, and you should contact

 

 

your system administrator.

 

 

 

DL Not On Sector

The WLAN Handset software download

Contact your system administrator.

 

files are incorrect or corrupted.

 

 

 

 

DO NOT POWER OFF

The WLAN Handset is in a critical section

None. Do not remove the battery or

 

of the software update.

attempt to power off the WLAN Handset

 

 

while this is displayed. Doing so may

 

 

require the handset to be returned to

 

 

Nortel to be recovered.

 

 

 

Duplicate IP

The WLAN Handset has detected

Contact your system administrator.

 

another device with the same IP

 

 

Address.

 

 

 

 

Erase Failed

Download process failed to erase the

If error “int. error: 0F” is displayed, turn

 

memory in the WLAN Handset.

the WLAN Handset off, then on again. If

 

 

error persists, contact your system

 

 

administrator.

 

 

 

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2211, 2212 specifications

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