PLANET Wire Free Family WAP-2000

11Mbps IEEE802.11 Products

WAP-1900 / WAP-2000

Wireless LAN Access Point


Chapter 4. Troubleshooting

If you have trouble using the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point, the starting point to troubleshoot the problem with your Access Point is looking at the LED activity of the Access Point. The following is “LED Error Table” provided to assist you in diagnosing and solving operational problems.

PWR

AP

WLAN

LAN

LINK

Description/Action

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Power failure.
Check the power cord.
Check the power supply.

On

On

Flash Green

Flash Green

Steady Green

Normal operation where flickering indicates interface activity.
No action required.

-

On

Off

Off

-

Normal operation that indicates there is no LAN activity.
No action required.

Off

Flash Green Flash Green

-

Normal operation for WAP-2000 that indicates the AP in Station Mode.
No action required.

Off

Off

Off

Off

Invalid loader firmware or the micro-controller is dead.
Return the unit to the vendor for support.

Blink Green

-

-

-

Invalid Access Point firmware.
Upgrade the firmware via the utility or console mode.

Blink Green

Blink Green

-

-

Wireless LAN initialization failure
Check whether the wireless module has been properly installed.

Blink Green

-

Blink

Green

-

Ethernet initialization failure
Return the device to the vendor for support.

If you are still unable to solve the problem by checking the LED activity, the error may be caused from configuration mismatch, which prevents the Access Point from establishing a wireless connection with the network. You may check the following to ensure normal operation of the Access Point.


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