Cannot Establish a Wireless LAN Connection
FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable
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Cannot Establish a Wireless LAN Connection
If you cannot establish a wireless LAN connection between
your computer and the FRITZ!Box, this may be due to a variety
of causes.
Work through the following steps in sequence until the error
has been resolved.
Switching On the Computer’s Wireless LAN Adapter
The wireless LAN adapter in your computer must be ready for
operation. On many notebooks the built-in wireless LAN
adapter can be switched on by pushing a button or entering a
key combination.
For more information, see the manual of your computer.
Enable the Wireless Radio Network of the FRITZ!Box
When the “WLAN” LED is off, press the “WLAN” button on the
FRITZ!Box. Hold it down until the “WLAN” begins flashing.
The wireless network is switched on and the “WLAN” LED
lights up.
Announcing the Name of the Wireless Radio Network
If the wireless LAN software on your computer cannot find the
wireless radio network of the FRITZ!Box, make the following
setting in the FRITZ!Box:
1.
Connect a computer to the FRITZ!Box with a network ca-
ble; see
2.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface; see
.
3.
Select “WLAN / Radio Network”.
4.
Enable the option “Name of the radio network visible”.
5.
Click “Apply”.
6.
Remove the network cable and establish a connection
via wireless LAN.
