Chapter 11 Troubleshooting
WAP6906 User’s Guide
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11.4 Resetting the WAP6906 to Its Factory Defaults
If you reset the WAP6906, you lose all of the changes you have made. The WAP6906 re-loads its default
settings, and the password resets to the back-label default key. You have to make all of your changes
again.
You will lose all of your changes when you reset the WAP6906 to its factory defaults.
To reset the WAP6906,
1
Make sure the power LED is on.
2
Press the
RESET
button for longer than 5 seconds, the Power LED begins to blink, to set the WAP6906 back
to its factory-default configuration.
OR
3
Click
Maintenance > Restore
and then click
Reset
.
If the WAP6906 restarts automatically, wait for the WAP6906 to finish restarting, and log in to the Web
Configurator. The password is in the device label.
If the WAP6906 does not restart automatically,
di
sconnect and reconnect the WAP6906. Then, follow the
directions above again.
11.5 Wireless Problems
I cannot access the WAP6906 or ping any computer from the WLAN.
1
Make sure the WAP6906 is working and the wireless LAN is enabled on the WAP6906.
2
Make sure the wireless adapter on the wireless client is working properly.
3
Make sure the wireless adapter installed on your computer is IEEE 802.11 compatible and supports the
same wireless standard as the WAP6906.
4
Make sure your computer (with a wireless adapter installed) is within the transmission range of the
WAP6906.
5
Check that both the WAP6906 and your wireless station are using the same wireless and wireless security
settings.
6
Make sure traffic between the WLAN and the LAN is not blocked by the MAC Address List of the
WAP6906. See