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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 11Mbps Wireless

LAN PC Card in one of the sockets or not. If you find 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 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 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 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.