Troubleshooting Procedures
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SMCD3GNV Wireless Cable Modem Gateway User Manual
To add a wireless network on a Windows XP computer manually
Note:
The following steps are for a wireless network that has WEP security.
1. From the Windows task bar, click
Start
and double-click
Control Panel
.
2. In the left pane, select Switch to Classic view.
3. Click Network Connections.
4. Right click Wireless Network Connections and select Properties.
5. Click on the Wireless Networks tab.
6. Click the Add button.
7. Enter the name of the wireless network (SSID).
8. Set the encryption type to WEP.
9. Clear the key is provided for me automatically check box.
10. Enter the network key and confirm it. Be sure
This is a computer-to-computer (ad-hoc)
network
is not selected.
11. Click
OK
and then click
OK
again.
12. Right-click
Wireless Network Connections
and select
Status
.
13. Click the
Support
tab and check for a valid IP address.
14. Check whether the computer can access the Internet wirelessly.
If you receive the same error message, ensure that IEEE 802.1x authentication of the
wireless adapter is disabled.
To disable IEEE 802.1x authentication
1. From the Windows task bar, click
Start
and select
Run
.
2. In the
Open
field, type
ncpa.cpl
and click
OK
.
3. Right-click the
Wireless network connections
icon, and select
Properties
.
4. Click the
Wireless network
tab.
5. Click the
Properties
button next to
Remove
.
6. Click the
Authentication
tab and uncheck the
Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for
this network
checkbox.
7. Click
OK
to update the settings.