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3.Turnonthemonitor.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,yourmonitormightneedservice.SeeChapter11“Getting
information,help,andservice”onpage123
fordetails.
Networkingproblems
Thefollowingarethemostcommonnetworkingproblems.Selectyournetworkingproblemfromthe
followinglist:
•“Ethernetproblems”onpage113
•“AwirelessLANproblem”onpage115
•“AwirelessWANproblem”onpage115
•“Bluetoothproblem”onpage115
Formoreinformation,see“HelpandSupport”onpage123.
Ethernetproblems
ForEthernetproblems,selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork”onpage113
•“Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason”onpage114
•“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnectionfails
orerrorsoccur”onpage114
•“IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,it
connectsat100Mbps”onpage114
Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork
Symptom:Yourcomputercannotconnecttothenetwork.
Actions:Ensurethat:
•Thecableisinstalledproperly.
ThenetworkcablemustbesecurelyconnectedtoboththeEthernetconnectorofyourcomputerand
theRJ45connectorofthehub.Themaximumallowabledistancefromthecomputertohubis100
meters.Ifthecableisconnectedandthedistanceiswithinacceptablelimitsbuttheproblempersists,try
adifferentcable.
•Thecableisinstalledproperly.
•Youareusingthecorrectdevicedriver.
OntheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconrmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconrmation.
4.IfanexclamationmarkisdisplayednexttoanadapternameunderNetworkadapters,youmight
notbeusingthecorrectdriverorthedriverisnotenabled.Toupdatethedriver,right-clickthe
highlightedadapter.
5.ClickUpdateDriverSoftware,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
OntheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanel.
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