Appendix

 

 

Problem

Causes and remedies

 

 

The connection is

If you cannot establish a connection between your PC with the

not set up at all or is

Gigaset USB Adapter 300 and another wireless network

not set up correctly.

adapter, this may be due to a number of reasons:

 

 

 

The PC you want to connect to has not been powered up.

 

ì Power up the PC.

The transmission speed set does not match that of the partners in the network.

ìCheck whether you have set a particular transmission speed. If this is the case, change to "Auto" (infrastructure mode).

You are working in an ad-hoc network and a different radio channel is being used.

ìSelect the correct radio channel.

The wrong mode has been set (infrastructure or ad-hoc mode).

ìSelect the correct mode.

The SSIDs of the devices that are to communicate with each other do not match.

ìMake sure that all connection partners with network adapt- ers use the same SSID for wireless operation.

Different encryption methods are used.

ìSelect the same encryption method on all devices. Changes in the configuration are not applied by your PC

ìReboot your PC.

The IP address or the subnet mask is configured incorrectly.

ìMake sure that the IP address and the subnet mask are con- figured correctly on the IP Settings tab.

As a rule, it is necessary to assign static IP addresses when operating a network in ad-hoc mode.

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