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More information about the DCAN Wi-Fi Adapter can be found here.

Warning

Possible Wi-Fi Connection issues with Windows 11:
The device shows a successful connection to the Wi-Fi Adapter, but a connection to the car is not possible. This happens due to an incompatible assigned IP address by the operating system.

Quick fix
Please check the IP-address of your device, assigned by the Operating System.
192.168.4.xxx - The OS assigned a compatible IP-address to the Wi-Fi adapter
169.xxx.xxx.xxx - A “Fallback IP” got assigned by the OS.

Please turnthe Wi-Fi on your Laptop OFF for 30 Seconds, then reconnect to the Wi-Fi adapter.

Unplugging the Wi-Fi adapter does NOT work.

Now a compatible IP should be assigned and you should be able to connect to the car.

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ENET Cable

Just plug in your ENET Cable to the Ethernet port on your computer. In some cases, the connection will not work straight away and additional network settings are required. Sometimes unused Windows network adapters interfere with the connection and must therefore be deactivated. If you don’t know which network adapters to deactivate, you can try to deactivate all network adapters except the Ethernet adapter and see if the connection works. You can then re-activate the network adapters to find out which causes the interference.

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More information about the ENET Wi-Fi Adapter can be found here.

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Warning

Possible Wi-Fi Connection issues with Windows 11:
The device shows a successful connection to the Wi-Fi Adapter, but a connection to the car is not possible. This happens due to an incompatible assigned IP address by the operating system.

Quick fix
Please check the IP-address of your device, assigned by the Operating System.
192.168.4.xxx - The OS assigned a compatible IP-address to the Wi-Fi adapter
169.xxx.xxx.xxx - A “Fallback IP” got assigned by the OS.

Please turnthe Wi-Fi on your Laptop OFF for 30 Seconds, then reconnect to the Wi-Fi adapter.

Unplugging the Wi-Fi adapter does NOT work.

Now a compatible IP should be assigned and you should be able to connect to the car.

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