Lenovo ThinkCentre M91p - A Wireless Lan Problem

Ifyouconguredtheadapterforfullduplex,makesuretheswitchportisalsoconguredforfullduplex.
Settingthewrongduplexmodecandegradeperformance,causedataloss,orresultinlostconnections.
•Youhaveinstalledallnetworkingsoftwarethatisnecessaryforyournetworkenvironment.
CheckwithyourLANadministratorforthenecessarynetworkingsoftware.
Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason
Symptom:Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason.
Action:Thenetworkdriverlesmaybecorruptormissing.Updatethedriverbyreferringtothe“Solution”
descriptionfortheproceduretomakesurethatthecorrectdevicedriverisinstalled.
TheWakeonLANfeatureisnotworking
Symptom:TheWakeonLAN(WOL)featureisnotworking.
Actions:
•MakesurethatWOLisenabledintheBIOSSetupUtilityprogram.
•Ifitis,checkwithyourLANadministratorforthenecessarysettings.
IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnection
failsorerrorsoccur
Symptom:IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandyouuseaspeedof1000Mbps,theconnection
failsorerrorsoccur.
Actions:
•UseCategory5wiringandmakesurethatthenetworkcableissecurelyconnected.
•Connecttoa1000BASE-Thub/switch(not1000BASE-X).
IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,
itconnectsat100Mbps
Symptom:IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.
Instead,itconnectsat100Mbps.
Actions:
•Tryanothercable.
•Makesurethatthelinkpartnerissettoauto-negotiate.
•Makesurethattheswitchis802.3ab-compliant(gigabitovercopper).
AwirelessLANproblem
Symptom:Youcannotconnectusingthebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingcard.
Actions:
•MakesurethatyourwirelessLANdriveristhelatestversion.ChecktheWebsiteandverifythedriver
versionsupportedbyAccessConnectionsisthelatestdocumentedinthereadmele.
•Makesurethatyourcomputeriswithinrangeofawirelessaccesspoint.
•Makesurethatthewirelessradioisenabledbydouble-clickingtheAccessConnectionsiconinthe
Windowsnoticationarea.
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