TROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting Chart

Symptom

Action

 

 

Wireless Problems

 

 

 

A wireless PC

• Make sure the wireless PC has the same SSID settings

cannot associate

as the Barricade. See “Channel and SSID” on page 25.

with the

• You need to have the same security settings on the

Barricade.

clients and the Barricade. See “Security” on page 27.

 

 

 

The wireless

• Move your wireless PC closer to the Barricade to find

network is often

a better signal. If the signal is still weak, change the

interrupted.

angle of the antenna.

 

• There may be interference, possibly caused by

 

microwave ovens or wireless phones. Change the

 

location of the possible sources of interference or

 

change the location of the Barricade.

 

• Change the wireless channel on the Barricade. See

 

“Channel and SSID” on page 25.

 

• Check that the antenna, connectors, and cabling are

 

firmly connected.

 

 

The Barricade

• The distance between the Barricade and wireless PC is

cannot be

too great.

detected by a

• Make sure the wireless PC has the same SSID and

wireless client.

security settings as the Barricade. See “Channel and

 

SSID” on page 25 and “Security” on page 27.

 

 

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