Troubleshooting; Troubleshooting Quick Tips - NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824v3 User Manual

This chapter gives information about troubleshooting your Wireless Router Model WPN824v3.
After each problem description, instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the
problem.

Troubleshooting Quick Tips

This section describes tips for troubleshooting some common problems:
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence.
1. Turn off and unplug the modem.
2. Turn off the wireless router and computers.
3. Plug in the modem and turn it on. Wait 2 minutes.
4. Turn on the wireless router and wait 1 minute.
5. Turn on the computers.
Make sure that the Ethernet cables are securely plugged in.
• The Internet status light on the wireless router is lit if the Ethernet cable connecting the
wireless router and the modem is plugged in securely and the modem and wireless router are
turned on.
• For each powered-on computer connected to the wireless router by an Ethernet cable, the
corresponding numbered router LAN port light is lit.
Make sure that the wireless settings in the computer and router match exactly.
• For a wirelessly connected computer, the wireless network name (SSID) and WEP or WPA
security settings of the router and wireless computer must match exactly.
• If you have enabled the wireless router to restrict wireless access by MAC address, you must
add the wireless computer's MAC address to the router's wireless card access list.

Troubleshooting

RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824v3 User Manual
v1.0, January 2008
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting
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