User's Manual

Octopus CardBus
TwinMOS
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you encounter some problems while installing the Octopus Card Bus 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 Octopus Card Bus or
yours Octopus Card Bus are non-functional.
In Windows 2000:
To check that the Octopus Card Bus 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 Octopus Card Bus
Wireless Adapter. Double clicking on that will show you the status of the Octopus Card Bus
network adapter. If there are no error signs, the adapter has been installed properly.
In Windows XP:
To check that the Octopus Card Bus is installed properly, please do the following:
1. Go to START>CONTROL PANEL. Double-click on Network Connections. Right-click on LAN.
Click Properties.
2. The Octopus Card Bus network adapter will appear, indicating proper installation.