User's Manual

76 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User’s Guide
• Enable bridging mode in the base station.
For more information about bridging mode and how to enable it,
see Chapter 6.
Networks
This section will help you solve the most common installation and
setup problems for a Microsoft Wireless Base Station on a
network.
I get all the way through setup and it says it was successful, but
some network tasks do not work.
• If you cannot access the Internet, open the Broadband Network
Utility and check the status of the connection between the base
station and the modem. For more troubleshooting information
about this problem, see Broadband Network Utility Help.
• If you cannot access files or folders that have been made
available to the network, make sure that you are logged on to
your computer and the network, and that the files or folders
have been made available to you. For more information about
making files and folders available to the network and how to
verify access privileges, see Chapter 4. For more
troubleshooting information about this problem, see Broadband
Network Utility Help.
• If you cannot print to a network printer, make sure that the
printer has been made available to the network. For more
information about making a printer available to the network and
verifying network availability of a printer, see Chapter 4. For
more troubleshooting information about this problem, see
Broadband Network Utility Help.
• If you cannot use your e-mail application the same way as you
did before installing the base station and the Broadband
Network Utility, make sure that your POP3 and news settings in
your e-mail application are correct.
In your e-mail application, verify that you are using a full Internet
designation, such as pop3.email.msn.com, for your mail client
rather than a local designation, such as mail. For more
information about obtaining a full Internet designation for your
ISP, see the ISP documentation. For more troubleshooting
information about this problem, see Broadband Network Utility
Help.
My network isn’t working.
• Verify that the base station is plugged into a power source.
• Verify that the correct cables and cards are securely fastened to
the correct ports.