Is Dash 
connected to the 
network via 
hardwire?
Does network 
infrastructure and Dash 
wireless card match in 
technology? 
802.11 a/b/g
Is wireless enabled?
Does the Dash patient 
monitor associate/
authenticate with the AP? 
Refer to the “Wireless LAN” 
section of this manual to 
check the association 
status.
Configuration issue:
1) Does SSID match?
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2) Does wireless network 
support 802.11d World Mode? 
Is it turned on?
3) Do security settings match?
Correct passphrase 
(remember passphrase 
does not equal passkey)
Correct key index
4) Are you in the coverage 
area?
5) Does it work under another 
AP?
6) Do other Dash patient 
monitors work?
Please verify configuration 
settings with the hospital’s IT 
department.
yes
yes
no
Can you ping 
the Dash patient 
monitor from the 
CIC Pro center?
yes
yes
no
Enable
wireless.
no
Leave Dash 
patient monitor 
plugged in.  
Can you ping 
the Dash 
patient monitor 
from the CIC 
Pro center?
yes
Broadcast traffic is not 
making it through.
Network configuration 
problem. 
1) Is the network set up 
to allow broadcasts?
Please verify 
configuration settings 
with the hospital’s IT 
department.
yes
Check IP addresses 
on the Dash patient 
monitor.  Are the 
Dash patient 
monitor and the CIC 
Pro center on the 
same network?
Are they plugged 
into CARESCAPE 
Network jacks?
no
no
Wired network problem.
Please verify 
configuration settings 
with the hospital’s IT 
department.
yes
User Error:
Plug into correct jacks.
no
Configuration issue:
Correct IP addressing 
issues.
yes
No traffic is getting through.
Potential network 
configuration issue.
1) Is the SSID tied to the 
correct VLAN (AP config)?
2) Is the VLAN bridged to 
the CARESCAPE Network?
3) Is the CIC Pro center in 
the correct CARESCAPE 
Network?
4) Is there a firewall or 
Access Control List 
between the hospital 
infrastructure and the 
CARESCAPE Network?
Please verify configuration 
settings using the Wireless 
LAN Network Configuration 
Guide and consulting the 
hospital’s IT department.
Ensure Dash patient 
monitor is installed in 
the appropriate 
wireless network 
infrastructure.
no
Broadcasts are not making it 
through.
Network configuration 
problem.
1) Is the network set up to 
allow broadcasts?
Please verify configuration 
settings using the Wireless 
LAN Network Configuration 
Guide and consulting the 
hospital’s IT department.
Can you ping other 
CIC Pro centers or 
Dash patient 
monitors from the 
CIC Pro center?
No traffic is making it 
through.
Please verify 
configuration settings 
with the hospital’s IT 
department.
no
yes
no
Can you ping other 
wireless Dash 
patient monitors 
from the CIC Pro 
center?
no
yes
Check IP addresses 
on the Dash patient 
monitor. Are the Dash 
patient monitor and the 
CIC Pro center on the 
same network?
Configuration issue:
Correct IP 
addressing issues.
no
yes
No traffic is getting 
through to this Dash 
patient monitor.
1) Are you in the 
coverage area?
2) Does it work under 
another AP?
3)  Does it work when 
hard-wired?
Contact the hospital IT 
department for 
configuration settings 
and 802.11 a/b/g 
wireless infrastructure.