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Special considerations for the Windows, operating system

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If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 193 2 Click View Status. 3 Click Details. 4 Verify that the DHCP Enabled setting is set to Yes. 5 Click Close. ❖ Use IPCONFIG to verify that the computer has a useful IP address-one other than the private address of 169.254.xxx.xxx assigned by Windows®. 1 Click Start, type Run in the Start Search field, and press Enter. 2 Enter Cmd and press Enter. The IP address for each active network adapter will be displayed. ❖ Connect your computer directly to your router or broadband modem, by plugging a standard CAT5 Ethernet patch cable (sold separately) into your computer's RJ45 Ethernet port. If your connection problem disappears, the problem lies in the Wi-Fi® part of your network. ❖ Use the PING command to verify a connection to the gateway at 192.168.1.1 (a default gateway for most wireless routers). 1 Click Start, type Run in the Start Search field, and press Enter. 2 Type Cmd and press Enter. ❖ If you have enabled any security provisions (closed system, MAC address filtering, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), etc.), check the access point vendor's Web site for recent firmware upgrades. Problems with WEP keys, in particular, are frequently addressed in new firmware releases. Special considerations for the Windows® operating system Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption is not enabled on the wireless access point. When you install a wireless access point device, the Windows® operating system checks whether WEP encryption is enabled on the device. If it is not enabled, the Windows® operating system adds the device to its list of available wireless networks, but does not create a wireless connection using the device, since the connection would not be secure. You can still, however, use the access point. To use an access point without WEP encryption, follow these steps:

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
2
Click
View Status
.
3
Click
Details
.
4
Verify that the
DHCP Enabled
setting is set to
Yes
.
5
Click
Close
.
❖
Use IPCONFIG to verify that the computer has a useful IP
address—one other than the private address of
169.254.xxx.xxx assigned by Windows
®
.
1
Click
Start
, type
Run
in the Start Search field, and press
Enter
.
2
Enter
Cmd
and press
Enter
.
The IP address for each active network adapter will be
displayed.
❖
Connect your computer directly to your router or broadband
modem, by plugging a standard CAT5 Ethernet patch cable
(sold separately) into your computer's RJ45 Ethernet port. If
your connection problem disappears, the problem lies in the
Wi-Fi
®
part of your network.
❖
Use the PING command to verify a connection to the gateway
at 192.168.1.1 (a default gateway for most wireless routers).
1
Click
Start
, type
Run
in the Start Search field, and press
Enter
.
2
Type
Cmd
and press
Enter
.
❖
If you have enabled any security provisions (closed system,
MAC address filtering, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), etc.),
check the access point vendor's Web site for recent firmware
upgrades. Problems with WEP keys, in particular, are
frequently addressed in new firmware releases.
Special considerations for the Windows
®
operating system
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption is not enabled
on the wireless access point.
When you install a wireless access point device, the Windows
®
operating system checks whether WEP encryption is enabled on the
device. If it is not enabled, the Windows
®
operating system adds the
device to its list of available wireless networks, but does not create
a wireless connection using the device, since the connection would
not be secure. You can still, however, use the access point. To use
an access point without WEP encryption, follow these steps: