Troubleshooting Tips - NETGEAR MA401 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card

Troubleshooting Tips

If you have problems getting wirelessly connected to your network, try the tips
below.
Symptom Cause
The LED on the The wireless PC card
PC Card is off is not inserted into the
slot properly or the
proper wireless
MA401 PC Card
software is not
loaded.
The LED is The wireless PC Card
blinking is attempting to
repeatedly. connect to access
point but cannot
connect.
I am associated This could be a
with an Access physical layer
Point, but I cannot problem or a network
see the other configuration
computers on the problem.
Ethernet side of
the network.
Installing the MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card
Solution
• Remove and reinsert the wireless PC
Card.
• Check the device manager in Windows to
see if the PC Card is properly recognized
in the Windows operating system. Reload
the driver if necessary.
• Try to install the MA401 in a different
PCMCIA slot on your system if one is
available.
• The access point may not be powered on.
• The access point and the PC card are not
configured with the same wireless
parameters. Check the SSID and WEP
settings.
• 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. Please refer to
"Preparing Your PCs for Network Access"
on page C-1
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