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Basic Troubleshooting Tips, The PC Card

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Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway Basic Troubleshooting Tips If you have problems connected to your wireless network, try the tips below. Symptom The PC Card LINK LED is not lit. Cause The wireless adapter is not inserted into the slot properly or its software is not loaded. Solution Remove and reinsert the wireless adapter. Check the Windows device manager to see if the PC Card is recognized and enabled. Reload the wireless adapter software, if necessary. Try to install the wireless adapter in a different CardBus slot on your system if one is available. The LINK LED is blinking repeatedly. The wireless adapter is attempting to connect to access point but cannot connect. The access point may not be powered on. Or, the access point and the PC card are not configured with the same wireless parameters. Check the SSID and WEP settings. I can connect to an access point, but I cannot connect to other computers on the network or the Internet. This could be a physical layer problem or a network configuration problem. Check to make sure that the access point is physically connected to the Ethernet network. Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows networking parameters are all configured correctly. Restart the cable or DSL modem, router, access point, and notebook PC. Also, for problems with accessing network resources, the Windows software might not be installed and configured properly on your computers. Please refer to Windows documentation for instructions on these options. C-10 Configuring Wireless Security in Windows XP

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Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway
C-10
Configuring Wireless Security in Windows XP
Basic Troubleshooting Tips
If you have problems connected to your wireless network, try the tips below.
Also, for problems with accessing network resources, the Windows software might not be installed
and configured properly on your computers. Please refer to Windows documentation for
instructions on these options.
Symptom
Cause
Solution
The PC Card
LINK LED is
not lit.
The wireless
adapter is not
inserted into the
slot properly or its
software is not
loaded.
Remove and reinsert the wireless adapter.
Check the Windows device manager to see if the PC
Card is recognized and enabled. Reload the wireless
adapter software, if necessary.
Try to install the wireless adapter in a different
CardBus slot on your system if one is available.
The LINK LED
is blinking
repeatedly.
The wireless
adapter is
attempting to
connect to access
point but cannot
connect.
The access point may not be powered on. Or, the
access point and the PC card are not configured with
the same wireless parameters. Check the SSID and
WEP settings.
I can connect to
an access point,
but I cannot
connect to other
computers on
the network or
the Internet.
This could be a
physical layer
problem or a
network
configuration
problem.
Check to make sure that the access point is physically
connected to the Ethernet network.
Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows
networking parameters are all configured correctly.
Restart the cable or DSL modem, router, access point,
and notebook PC.