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5. Press the left/right arrow to select the setup method you want appears
and press OK.
• Wizard: The wireless network interface card in your printer
searches for wireless networks in the area and shows the results.
• Custom: You can configure the wireless settings according to your
needs.
Wizard mode
1. The wireless network interface card on your machine searches for
wireless network in the area and shows the results.
2. Press the left/right arrow to select a network you want to use in
Search List and press OK. You can select a network using SSID.
3. When None appears in WLAN Security on the display, press OK to
save your selection. go to step 6.
If you see another messages, go to the next step.
4. According to the network you select, WLAN security encryption type
will be WEP or WPA.
• In case of WEP, Press the up/down to selcet Open System or
SharedKey.
- Open System: Authentication is not used, and Encryption
may or may not be used, depending on the need for data
security. Enter the WEP Key using number keypad after
selecting Open System.
- SharedKey: Authentication is used. A device that has a
proper WEP Key can access the network. Enter the WEP
Key using number keypad after selecting SharedKey.
• In case of WPA, Enter the WPA Key using number keypad. The
Key length should be between 8 to 63 characters long.
5. Press OK.
6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.
• SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies a
wireless network. access points and wireless devices
attempting to connect to a specific wireless network must use
the same SSID. The SSID is case-sensitive.
• WEP: WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocol
preventing unauthorized access to your wireless network.
WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchanged on a
wireless network using a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption key.
• WPA: WPA authorizes and identifies users based on a secret
key that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA also
uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) for data encryption.
Custom mode
1. Enter the SSID when Edit SSID appears on the top line of the
display, the name that identifies a wireless network. SSID is
case-sensitive so you need to enter it carefully. Press OK.
2. Select the type of wireless connections. Press the left/right arrow to
select the method of Operation Mode you want and press OK.
• Ad-hoc: Allows wireless devices to communicate directly with
each other in a peer-to-peer environment. Go to step 3.
• Infrastructure: Allows wireless devices to communicate with
each other through an access point. Go to step 4.
3. Press the left/right arrow to select the method of Channel you want
and press OK.
If you select Auto, the wireless network interface card on your
machine will automatically adjust the channels.
4. Press the left/right arrow to select the method of WLAN Security
you want and press OK.
• None: This is used when the validation of a wireless device’s
identity and data encryption are not required for your network.
Open system is used for IEEE 802.11 authentication.
• Static WEP: This uses the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
algorithm suggested by IEEE 802.11 standard for security. Static
WEP security mode requires a proper WEP key for data
encryption, decryption, and IEEE 802.11 authentication. Press
the left/right arrow to select the setup method you want in
Authentication and press OK.
- Open System: Authentication is not used, and encryption
may or may not be used, depending on the need for data
security. Enter the WEP Key using number keypad after
selecting Open System and then press OK.
- SharedKey: Authentication is used. A device that has a
proper WEP Key can access the network. Enter the WEP
Key using number keypad after selecting SharedKey and
then press OK.
• WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK: You can select WPA-PSK or
WPA2-PSK to authenticate the print server based on WPA
Pre-Shared Key. This uses a shared secret key (generally called
Pre Shared Key passphrase) which is manually configured on
the access point and each of its clients.
a) Press OK when WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK appears on the
bottom line of the display.
b) Press the up/down arrow to select TKIP or AES in
Encryption and press OK. If you select WPA2-PSK, press
the up/down arrow to select AES or TKIP + AES in
Encryption and press OK.
c) Enter the WPA Key using number keypad and press OK.
4. When you have finished, press Stop/Clear to return to the ready
mode. If you do not know about your wireless environment, please
ask the network administrator.
Disconnect the network cable (standard or crossover). Your
machine should then start communicating wirelessly with the
network. In case of Ad-hoc mode, you can use a wireless LAN and
wired LAN simultaneously.
Now go to "Installing wired network connected machine’s driver" on
page 39.
USING A WIRELESS NETWORK
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Choosing your network connection
Typically, you can only have one connection between your computer and
the machine at a time. There are types of network connections to consider.
• Wireless network without access Point (Ad-Hoc mode)
• Wireless network with an access Point (Infrastructure mode)
Printing network configuration report
You can print a Network Configuration Report from the machine’s control
panel that will show the current machine’s network settings. This will help
you to set up a network and troubleshoot problems.
1. Press Menu on the control panel.
2. Press the left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.
3. Press the left/right arrow until Network Info. appears and press OK.