User's Manual

TwinMOS Laputa PCI
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you encounter some problems while installing the Laputa PCMCIA WLAN adapter or you want to
confirm whether your adapter is installed properly or not, we have listed the procedure for checking the
various components after you have installed the adapter. 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.
Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the Laputa PCMCIA or
yours Laputa PCMCIA are non-functional.
In Windows 98:
To check that the Laputa PCMCIA is installed properly, please do the following:
Go to START>RUN>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>NETWORK. Choose the Configuration Tab. If
you find the Wireless LAN Card, it means the card is installed properly. If you see the Yellow Question-
mark (?), the resources are conflicting. If your resources are conflicting, please check the following.
a. Check that you have installed the Laputa PCMCIA into the PCI port and check that you have
installed the proper driver.
b. Check to see if your computer 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 the same IRQ values.
In Windows 2000:
To check that the Laputa PCMCIA is installed properly, please do the following:
1. Check the Windows 2000 Diagnostics. See if there is any conflict in the Resource allocation or the
I/O Address, IRQ allocations. If you find that the IRQ or I/O Addresses are already assigned to some
other devices, you must change that value.
2. Go to the Control Panel. Double click on the Network Adapter, you will see Laputa PCMCIA
Wireless Adapter. Double clicking on that will show you the status of the Laputa PCMCIA network
adapter. If there are no error signs, the adapter has been installed properly.
In Windows XP:
To check that the Laputa PCMCIA is installed properly, please do the following: