Broadcom Corporation BRCM1006 User Manual

Troubleshooting: Broadcom BCM94306CB Cardbus Card User's Guide

Verify that File and Printer Sharing is enabled on 

all the computers on your network. 

1.  From the desktop, click the 

Start 

button, point to 

Settings, and click 

Control Panel. 

2.  In Control Panel, double-click the 

Network and Dial-up Connections 

icon. 

3.  In the 

Connections window, double-click the 

Local Area Connection icon.

4.  In the 

Local Area Connection Status 

box, click 

Properties.

5.  In the 

Properties box, verify that the File and 

Networks check box is selected. If the 

check box is cleared, select it. If the 

check box is not present, click 

Install. 

In the 

Type box, select Service and click 

Add. In the Select Network Service 

box, select 

for Microsoft Networks and click OK. 

Close the 

Properties box.

6.  Close the 

Status box. 

7.  Close the 

Connections window.

Verify that File and Printer Sharing is enabled on 

all the computers on your network.

1.  From the desktop, click the 

Start button 

and click Control Panel (if you are 

looking at Category View, slick 

to Classic View). 

2.  In Control Panel, double-click the 

Network Connections icon. 

3.  In the 

area, right-click 

Connection and click Properties.

4.  In the 

Properties box, if the General tab is 

not on top, click the 

General tab.

5.  In the 

following items list, verify that the File 

Networks check box is selected. If the 

check box is cleared, select it. If this 

item is not present, click 

Install. In the 

Select Network Component Type 

box, select 

Service and click Add. In 

the 

Select Network Service box, 

select 

Microsoft Networks and click OK. 

Close the 

Connection Properties box.

6.  Close the 

Network Connections 

window.

Data transfer is sometimes 

very slow.

Microwave ovens and some cordless phones operate at the same radio frequency as the 

BCM94306CB Cardbus cards. When the microwave oven or cordless phone is in use, it interferes 

with the wireless network. Therefore, keep computers having the BCM94306CB Cardbus card at 

least 20 feet away from your microwave oven and any cordless telephone that operates at a 

frequency of 2.4 GHz.

Data transfer is always very 

slow.

Some homes and most offices are steel-framed structures. The steel in such buildings may 

interfere with your network's radio signals, thus causing a slowdown in the data transmission rate. 

Try moving your computers to different locations in the building to see if performance improves.

Computers are not 

communicating with the 

network.

If your network has an AP1100 access point, check all cables and make sure the power LED on the 

front of the AP1100 is green.

In Microsoft® Windows® 2000, 

I get the following error 

message: 

disconnected. Also, there is a 

red X on my network icon in 

the system tray.  

This indicates that your computer is not properly configured to connect to the network. Verify that 

point. See 

.

Network performance is really 

slow when the system is 

docked to a docking station 

that has an active Ethernet 

port. NOTE—For Windows 

2000 only.

This condition occurs if you dock your system into a docking station that has an active Ethernet port 

while your Broadcom BCM94306CB internal Cardbus card is still active and connected to an 

access point. This happens because Windows 2000 must now handle two active network 

connections. You need to either disconnect the Ethernet cable from  your docking station, or 

disable the radio on your Cardbus Card.  To disable the radio on your Cardbus Card, right click on 

the Broadcom BCM94306CB utility icon icon in the system tray and click 

Disable Radio. 

NOTE—The radio is not automatically enabled when you computer next starts. To enable the radio, 

right-click on the Broadcom BCM94306CB wireless utility icon and click 

Enable Radio.

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