User's Manual

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3. Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget
Once it says Connected in the Network Connections window (Windows XP SP2) you can go to Step 4.
If it says Disabled or Broken, then click right and select Repair or Enable to try and x the connection.
If this fails, disconnect the reader, reboot your PC and repeat from Step 1.
The reader can disconnect in situations where it has been repeatedly plugged and unplugged before Windows has had
a chance to properly and completely process the network connection. In this situation it is possible for the reader to
appear on the network for about a minute before it is disconnected by the Windows networking system.
The solution is:
1. Unplug the reader.
2. Wait for the reader’s network connection to be removed from the
Network Connections window.
Once the network connection has been removed:
1. Plug the reader back in.
2. Wait for the network connection to re-appear and become
Connected.
3. Connect to the reader via the ReaderManager.
Another solution is to try another USB port as USB ports can fail on PCs. As with the previous case:
1. Unplug the reader.
2. Wait for the network connection to be removed.
3. Plug the reader into another USB port.
Windows networking can take some time (a few minutes) to create the network connection if the reader has been rapidly
plugged and unplugged. If the reader network device does not disappear within 5 minutes of being disconnected,
reboot your PC as then there is a problem with Windows Networking or the USB port has locked up.
You should NEVER power cycle a reader because you are having problems with your PC or with Windows. Power
cycling can cause more problems with Windows and Windows networking.
Most USB problems are usually caused by Windows networking delays and Windows networking problems. Frequent
unplugging of the USB cable will create even more problems.
Step 4:
Go to the section 4.4.3.