Specifications

Problem Solving 7-21
RoamAbout PC Card LED Activity in a Client
Table 7-7: RoamAbout PC Card LED Description
Power
LED
Transmit
/Receive
LED
Description/Action
Continuous
Green
Blinking Standard operational mode:
• Card is powered on.
• Sensing/transmitting wireless data.
Off • Card is powered on.
• A network connection was established but currently there is no
wireless activity.
This could be a normal situation.
Also, the client may have moved out of the range of the wireless
network. If in an ad-hoc network, no other clients may be
available.
Flicker Flicker Power management mode:
• Card is powered on.
• Power management is enabled.
• Flashes indicates that the card wakes up at regular intervals to
check if there is wireless data addressed to your client.
Both LEDs blink once
every 10 seconds
The PC Card has not established a connection with the wireless
network.
Actions:
• Contact the LAN administrator to verify the wireless network
name assigned to the wireless infrastructure network. Be
aware that the wireless network name is case sensitive.
• If using ANY as the wireless network name, verify that the
RoamAbout Access Point does not have Secure Access
enabled.
• The client may not be within range of an Access Point or
ad-hoc network.