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802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter

8.0Trouble‐Shooting

Thischapterprovidessolutionstoproblemsthatmayoccurduringtheinstallationandoperationof

AWD102N.Readthedescriptionsbelowtosolveyourproblems.

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1.TheAWD102Ndoesnotworkproperly.

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 TryreinsertingAWD102NintoyourPC’sPCIslot.

 Right‐clickonMyComputerandselectProperties.

Selectthedevicemanagerandclickonthe

NetworkAdapter.ChecktoseeifAWD102Nisinstalledsuccessfully.Ifyouseeayellow

exclamationmark,thatmeansthereisresourcesconflicting.Ifthereisayellowquestionmark,

pleasecheckthefollowing:MakesurethatyourPChasafreeIRQ

(InterruptRequest,a

hardwareinterruptonaPC.)

 Makesurethatyouhaveinsertedtherightadapterandinstalledtheproperdriver.If

AWD102Ndoesnotfunctionafterattemptingtheabovesteps,removeitanddothefollowing:

UninstallthedriversoftwarefromyourPC.RestartyourPCand

repeatthehardwareand

softwareinstallationasspecifiedinthisUserGuide.

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2.IcannotcommunicatewiththeothercomputerslinkedviaEthernetintheInfrastructure

configuration.

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 MakesurethatthePCwhichAWD102Nisassociatedispoweredon.

 MakesurethatAWD102Nisconfiguredonthesame

channelandwiththesamesecurity

optionsastheothercomputersintheInfrastructureconfiguration.

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3.WhatshouldIdowhenthecomputerwithAWD102Ninstalledisunabletoconnecttothe

wirelessnetworkand/ortheInternet?

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 CheckandseeiftheLEDindicatorsonthebroadbandmodemare

indicatingnormalactivity.If

not,theremaybeaproblemwiththebroadbandconnection.

 CheckandseeiftheLEDindicatorsonthewirelessrouterarefunctioningproperly.Ifnot,

checkthattheACpowerandEthernetcablesarefirmlyconnected.

 CheckandmakessuretheIPaddress,

subnetmask,gateway,andDNSsettingsarecorrectly

enteredforthenetwork.

 InInfra s tructuremode,makesurethesameServiceSetIdentifier(SSID)isspecifiedonthe

settingsforthewirelessclientsandaccesspoints.

 InAd‐Hocmode,bothwirelessclientswillneedtohavethesameSSID.

Pleasenotethatit

mightbenecessarytosetuponeclienttoestablishaBSS(BasicServiceSet)andwaitbriefly

beforesettingupotherclients.ThispreventsseveralclientsfromtryingtoestablishaBSSat

thesametime,whichcanresultinmultiplesingularBSSsbeingestablished,

ratherthana

singleBSSwithmultipleclientsassociatedtoit.

 CheckthattheNetworkConnectionforthewirelessclientisconfiguredproperly.

 IfSecurityisenabled,makesurethatthecorrectencryptionkeysareenteredonboth

AWD102Nand theaccesspoint.

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