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Appendix
Gigaset USB Adapter 54 / englisch / A31008-M1071-R101-1-7619 / appendix.fm / 04.12.2006
The connection is
not set up at all or
not properly If you cannot set up a connection between your PC with the
Gigaset USB Adapter 54 and another wireless network adapter,
this may be due to a number of causes:
The PC you want to connect to has not been powered up.
ì Power up the PC.
You are working in an ad-hoc network and a different radio
channel is being used.
ì Select the correct radio channel.
The wrong mode has been set (infrastructure or ad-hoc mode).
ì Select the correct mode.
The SSIDs of the devices that are to communicate with each
other are different.
ì Make sure that the same SSID is used for all connection
partners with network adapters for wireless operation.
Different encryption is being used.
ì Select the same encryption on all devices.
Changes in the configuration are not applied by your PC
ì Restart your PC.
The IP address or the subnet mask is wrongly configured.
ì Make sure that the IP address and the subnet mask are
correctly configured in the IP Settings tab.
As a rule, it is necessary to assign static IP addresses when
operating a network in ad-hoc mode.
It takes a long time
to set up a
connection Depending on the environment and the devices, setting up a
connection may take a while.
ì In Site Monitor, click on Scan or double-click on the
network in question.
Problem Causes and remedies