Sony PCWA-C150S - Wireless Lan Pc Card Troubleshooting Manual

2.4GHz
Wireless LAN PC Card

Troubleshooting Guide

PCWA-C150S
Sony Corporation 2002 Printed in Japan
How do I verify that I have connected to the Internet successfully?
Even if the RF signal indicates
have been established.
If you cannot access the Internet, you may have typed the WEP key wrong. Verify
that you are connected to the network properly by performing the following
procedures.
Windows Me
1
From the "Start" menu, click "Run".
2
Type "winipcfg" (without quotation marks), and click "OK".
The IP Configuration dialog box appears.
3
Select "Sony Wireless PC Card" from the drop-down list.
If your IP address starts with "169.254...", then the network connection has not been
established. You may have typed the WEP key incorrectly.
Reconfigure the WEP key with Client Manager. (For details, refer to the Quick Start Guide
or Operating Instractions (PDF file).)
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
1
From the "Start" menu, click "Run".
2
Type "cmd" (without quotation marks), and click "OK".
3
Type "ipconfig /all" (without quotation marks and with one space between
"ipconfig" and "/all"), and press the Enter key.
(Windows 2000 example)
4-665-919-11(1)
"Excellent", an Internet connection may not
4
Check the "Sony PCWA-C150 Wireless PC Card" IP address.
If your IP address starts with "169.254...", then the network connection has not been
established. You may have typed the WEP key incorrectly.
Reconfigure the WEP key with Client Manager. (For details, refer to the Quick Start Guide
or manual.)
I changed the Access Point's operation mode or I switched to a
different Access Point, and I cannot establish the connection.
For Windows Me users, when your Access Point configuration is changed to a
different mode, make sure to update the IP address as follows:
1
From the "Start" menu, click "Run".
2
Type "winipcfg" (without quotation marks), and click "OK".
The IP Configuration dialog box appears.
3
Select "Sony Wireless PC Card" from the drop-down list, and click "Release".
4 Click "Renew".
5
Wait until the new IP address is obtained.
In Peer-to-Peer mode, the signal strength is not displayed. How do I
tell whether a peer-to-peer connection has been successfully
established?
Because in Peer-to-Peer mode your computer can connect to multiple other
computers, each with its own signal strength, a signal strength cannot be
displayed.
To verify the connection in Peer-to-Peer mode, performe the following
procedures.
Windows Me and Windows 2000
1
Double-click the My Network Places icon on the desktop.
2
Double-click "Computers Near Me".
3
Press the F5 key to update.
4
Check whether your peers exist on your network.
Windows XP
1
Access "My Network Places".
2
Press the F5 key to update.
3
Check whether your peers exist on your network.
"Renewing IP address failed" message appears in Peer-to-Peer
mode (Windows 2000). What should I do?
"Renewing IP address failed" or "DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing adapter"
message appears when the IP address is not obtained from the DHCP server.
If these messages appear, click "OK". In Peer-to-Peer mode, Windows releases
the IP address, so performance is not affected.
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