Appendix

 

 

Symptom

Possible cause and solutions

 

 

The Gigaset SX541 WLAN

ì Make sure that TCP/IP has been installed and con-

dsl or other PCs cannot be

figured on all the PCs in the local network.

reached by a PC in the con-

ì Check that the IP addresses have been properly

nected LAN with a ping

configured. In most cases you can use the

command.

Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl's DHCP function to assign

 

 

dynamic addresses to the PCs in the LAN. In this

 

case, you have to configure the TCP/IP settings of all

 

the PCs so that they obtain the IP address automat-

 

ically.

 

If you configure the IP addresses in the LAN

 

manually, remember to use the subnet mask

 

255.255.255.x. This means that the first three

 

parts of the IP address on each PC and the

 

Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl have to be identical. The

 

device also has to be configured as a DNS server.

 

 

No connection to the

ì Use the ping command to check whether you can

Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl's

establish a network connection to the Gigaset

configuration environment.

SX541 WLAN dsl.

 

ì Check the network cable between the PC you

 

want to use to administer the device and the

 

Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl.

 

ì If the PC you want to use is in the device's local

 

network, make sure that you are using the correct

 

IP address administration (see above).

 

ì If the PC you want to use is not in the router's local

 

network, it must be authorised via remote manage-

 

ment.

 

 

Password forgotten or lost

ì Reset the Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl

 

(see page 19).

 

Warning: Please bear in mind that this will restore all

 

the configuration settings to the factory settings.

 

 

You cannot access a

ì Make sure that TCP/IP has been installed and con-

resource (drive or printer)

figured on all the PCs in the local network and that

on a different PC.

the PCs all belong to the same workgroup.

 

ì Check whether the resource has been released on

 

the PC in question and whether you have the nec-

 

essary access rights.

 

ì Printing: Check whether the printer has been set up

 

as a network printer.

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