User Manual

TwinMOS Laputa PCI
TwinMOS
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you encounter some problems while installing the Laputa PCI 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 PCI or yours
Laputa PCI are non-functional.
In Windows 98:
To check that the Laputa PCI 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 PCI 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 PCI 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 PCI Wireless
Adapter. Double clicking on that will show you the status of the Laputa PCI network adapter. If there
are no error signs, the adapter has been installed properly.
In Windows XP:
To check that the Laputa PCI 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 Laputa PCI network adapter will appear, indicating proper installation.