Lenovo ThinkStation P710 - Ethernet LAN problems

•ConnectthecablefromtheEthernetconnectortotheRJ45connectorofthehub.
•EnabletheEthernetLANfeatureintheSetupUtilityprogram.Referto“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage37.
•EnabletheEthernetLANadapter.
1.DependingonyourWindowsversion,dooneofthefollowing:
–ForWindows7:ClicktheStartbuttontoopentheStartmenu.
–ForWindows10:Right-clicktheStartbuttontoopentheStartcontextmenu.
2.ClickControlPanel.ViewControlPanelbyLargeiconsorSmallicons,andthenclickNetworkand
SharingCenter➙Changeadaptersettings.
3.Right-clicktheEthernetLANadaptericonandclickEnable.
•UpdateorreinstalltheEthernetLANdriver.See“Keepingyourcomputercurrent”onpage28.
•Installallnetworkingsoftwarethatisnecessaryforyournetworkenvironment.CheckwithyourLAN
administratorforthenecessarynetworkingsoftware.
•Setthesameduplexfortheswitchportandtheadapter.Ifyouconfiguredtheadapterforfullduplex,
ensurethattheswitchportisalsoconfiguredforfullduplex.Settingthewrongduplexmodemight
degradeperformance,causedataloss,orresultinlostconnections.
WhenaGigabitEthernetmodelcomputerisusedataspeedof1000Mbps,theEthernetLAN
connectionfailsorerrorsoccur.
Solution:
ConnectthenetworkcabletotheEthernetconnectorusingCategory5wiringanda100BASE-Thub/switch
(not100BASE-X).
AGigabitEthernetmodelcomputershouldconnecttothenetworkataspeedof1000Mbpsbutat
onlyaspeedof100Mbps.
Solutions:
•Tryanothercable.
•Setthelinkpartnertoauto-negotiate.
•Settheswitchtobe802.3ab-compliant(gigabitovercopper).
TheWakeOnLANfeaturedoesnotwork.
Solution:
EnabletheWakeOnLANfeatureintheSetupUtilityprogram.Referto“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage37.
WirelessLANproblem
Note:ThewirelessLANfeatureisavailableonlyonsomemodels.
ThewirelessLANfeaturedoesnotwork.
Solutions:
•EnablethewirelessLANfeatureintheSetupUtilityprogram.Referto“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage37
.
•ForWindows10,enablethewirelessLANfeatureinWindowsSettings.ClicktheStartbuttontoopenthe
Startmenu,andthenclickSettings➙Network&Internet➙Wi-Fi.TurnontheWi-Fifeature.
•EnablethewirelessLANadapter.
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