SMC Networks SMCWBR14S-N2 User Manual

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ROUBLESHOOTING

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Wireless Problems

A wireless PC

cannot associate

with the

Barricade.

Make sure the wireless PC has the same SSID settings

as the Barricade.

See “Channel and SSID” on page 4-26.

You need to have the same security settings on the

clients and the Barricade. See “Security” on page 4-29.

WEP encryption

not working

when using

Windows Zero

Configuration

(WZC) service

If you are using WEP encryption on the SMC Barricade and

Windows Zero Configuration (WZC) service to configure

the wireless settings on your PC you may experience

problems connecting to the SMC Barricade. This is caused

by a conflict with beacon packet element ID 221 used by the

WPS protocol and Windows Zero Configuration (WZC)

service. There are four different ways you can easily solve

this problem. Take any one of the following actions:
1. Update WZC.

Please visit Microsoft download center for upgrading the

WZC: Wireless LAN API (KB918997) at

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa

milyID=52a43bab-dc4e-413f-ac71-

158efd1ada50&DisplayLang=en

2. Disable WPS.

Check Disabled and click Apply Changes on Wi-Fi

Protected Setup (WPS) screen. See “Wi-Fi Protected

Setup (WPS)” on page 4-36 for details.

3. Use WPA/WPA2-PSK.

See “WPA” on page 4-31, “WPA2” on page 4-32 for

configuring WPA/WPA2-PSK security.

4. Manually configure profile using WZC.

Disable the security authentication manually.

- Click on Wireless Network Connection/change
advanced settings

of the client PC.

- Click on the Wireless Networks, choose the

appropriate wireless network name, and click
Properties

.

- Click Authentication and uncheck the Enable IEEE

802.1X authentication for this network.

- Click OK to finish configuration.

Troubleshooting Chart

Symptom

Action

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