Netgear WPN111 WPN111 Reference Manual - Page 50

NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual Table 4-1. Troubleshooting Tips (continued) Problem Action Throughput is only 54 Mbps or only 14 Mbps. The RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter can operate at faster speeds. • At 54 Mbps you are probably connecting to a standard 802.11g network. See Chapter 3, "Wireless Network Performance". • If you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your PC, the throughput is limited to the 14 Mbps of the USB 1.1 standard. The Smart Wizard keeps asking me to save If you change the settings the Smart Wizard offers you the settings. chance to save the changes. To avoid this prompt, simply click Apply before you close the Smart Wizard. Two WPN111 icons are in the system tray. You have an older software version installed on your system and it needs to be removed. See "Removing the WPN111 Software" in Chapter 1 or "Upgrading the WPN111 Software" in Chapter 1. I can connect to the access point, but not the other computers on the network or to the Internet. Viewing the IP address. This could be a physical layer problem or a network configuration problem. 1. Check to make sure that the access point is physically connected to the Ethernet network. 2. Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows networking parameters are all configured correctly. See the link to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" in Chapter B. 3. Restart the cable or DSL modem, router, access point, and computer. To view the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter IP address, click the WPN111 icon to open the Smart Wizard. Then check the IP address in the About page. No IP address is assigned to the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. This may occur if you upgraded your RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter software and did not reboot your system. • Either restart your computer, or connect to a different access point. • It does not usually help to shut down the Smart Wizard or disable/enable the card. 4-2 v2.0, February 2007