Manual

Appendix B: Troubleshooting

Check the following first:

• Make sure that the power of the SMC2582W-B is on and the Ethernet cables are connected

firmly to the RJ-45 jacks of the SMC2582W-B.

• Make sure that the LED ALV of the SMC2582W-B is blinking to indicate the SMC2582W-B is

working.

• Make sure the types of the Ethernet cables are correct.Recall that there are two types—

normal and crossover.

B-1: Wireless Settings Problems

• The wireless client computer cannot associate with an SMC2582W-B.

• Is the wireless client set in infrastructure mode?

• Check the operating mode of the WLAN NIC.

• Is the SSID of the WLAN NIC identical to that of the prospective SMC2582W-B?

• Check the SSID setting of the WLAN NIC and of the SMC2582W-B.

• Is the WEP functionality of the prospective SMC2582W-B enabled?

• Make appropriate WEP settings of the client computer to match those of

the SMC2582W-B.

• Is the prospective SMC2582W-B within range of wireless communication?

• Check the signal strength and link quality sensed by the WLAN NIC.

B-2:TCP/IP Settings Problems

Fig.55.Communication stages for a client to reach its correspondent host.