Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 - Manual (Page 95)

Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Tips
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Installat
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Reinstalling the AirCard Driver
Note: You must have the
AirCard installation CD to
complete this procedure. There is an AirCard driver for each supported Windows
operating system. Unless the appropriate driver for your
version of Windows is installed, you will not be able to
establish a network connection with the AirCard. This section
provides instructions on verifying that you have the correct
AirCard driver installed.
Windows 95/98
To verify that the correct driver is installed:
• Locate the existing driver
• Replace the driver with the Windows 95 or Windows 98
driver from the AirCard installation CD.
Locating the Existing Driver
1. Close all Windows programs and open the Control Panel
by selecting
Start > Settings > Contol Panel .
2. Double click the System icon.
When attempting to
add a connection to
the Dial-Up
Manager, Watcher
displays the
message, “You
already have a
connection with
the name …. Please
choose a different
name.”
Watcher interfaces with a
Windows component called Dial-
Up Networking so that when you
create a connection in Watcher,
the connection is concurrently
created in Dial-Up Networking. All
connections in Dial-Up
Networking must have a unique
name regardless of whether the
connection was created directly in
Dial-Up Networking or through
another application such as
Watcher. The message, “You
already have a connection with
the name …” indicates that the
name has already been assigned
to a connection in Watcher or
Dial-Up Networking.
Choose a different name for your
connection. To see what connections have
been created in Dial-Up Networking:
1. Double click My Computer on your
desktop.
2. Double click the Dial-Up Networking
icon (Windows 95/98) or
Click the Dial-Up Networking link
(Windows Me) or
Click the Network and Dial-Up
Connections link (Windows 2000) or
Click My Network Places > View
network connections (Windows XP).
All connection names are displayed in this
window. Note that you can create a
connection with the same phone number
and other variables as an existing
connection, provided you give it a different
name.
Table 9-1: Problem Causes and Suggestions
Problem Possible Causes Suggestions