User's Manual

Wireless LAN
Page 26 Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual
6. Troubleshooting
To make the installation of Wireless LAN Card more users friendly, we have suggested following the
installation steps one by one as listed in the section 4 and section 5. Still you encounter some
problems while installing the WLAN Card or you want to confirm whether your card is installed properly
or not, we have listed the procedure for checking the various components after you have installed the
card. In first part of Troubleshooting, we have suggested the users to check the various properties of
the card to check the proper installation. In second section, we have listed the various problems that
you may encounter during the installation and have also listed the possible solution. Check the first
part to guess the probable reason of unsuccessful installation.
Procedure to Check the Various Properties of Card after Installation under Windows 95
(OSR2)/98:
Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the PC card or your PC
card is non-functional.
1. Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card. Check whether it has Wireless LAN 11
Mbps PC card in one of the sockets or not. If you find Wireless LAN 11 Mbps in one of the
sockets, it means the card is detected properly. If you see the Yellow sign of question-mark (?),
the resources are conflicting.
2. Right click on My Computer and the select Properties. Select the Device Manager and click
on the Network Adapter. You will find Wireless LAN 11 Mbps if it is installed successfully. If
you see the Yellow sign the resources are conflicting. Click on PCMCIA Card and then on
PCMCIA Card Service, you can see the status of PCMCIA card. If there are yellow sip either
on adapter or PCMCIA card, please check the followings.
1. Check if your Notebook supports 3.3V Card.
2. Check if your Notebook has a free IRQ. If not, make an IRQ free by assigning
the same IRQ to some devices, for example COM 1, COM 2 can be assigned same
IRQ values.
3. Check that you have inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver.