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10
Troubleshooting
This chapter provides solutions to common problems that usually occur
during the installation and operation of the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V
Wireless Network mini PCI Card. Read the following descriptions if you are
having problems. If you cannot find an answer here, please contact an
Alphanetworks field application engineer for assistance.
1. My computer does not recognize the Alphanetworks CardBus
reference card.
Make sure the CardBus card is properly inserted into a 32-bit CardBus
slot. If Windows does not detect the hardware upon insertion of the card,
the system could have a previous Alphanetworks NDIS driver installed.
Remove the old driver and try again.
2. The Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card
does not work properly after the driver is installed.
Re-insert the CardBus card into the slot. A beep should be heard if the
adapter is properly inserted. Go to Device Manager and make sure the
Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card exists under
the network adapters device node. If you see the yellow exclamation
mark then there are conflicting resources. In this case, make sure the
computer system has a free IRQ and make sure you have installed the
proper driver. Uninstall the driver, restart the system, and repeat the
driver installation steps if necessary.
3. Stations cannot associate in ad hoc mode.
Make sure the same service set identifier is specified for all stations that
need to join the same ad hoc network. Set up one station to establish a
BSS and wait briefly before setting up other stations. This prevents
several stations from trying to establish a BSS at the same time, which
can result in multiple singular BSSs being established, rather than a
single BSS with multiple stations associated to it.