User's Manual

System Requirements

To use the EtherWind for printing from a wireless network, you need an 802.11b

wireless network. The wireless network will consist of either of the following:

◗ An 802.11b wireless enabled PC or Macintosh printing straight to the printer

(Ad-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer Mode).

◗ An 802.11b wireless access point allowing wireless and wired Ethernet enabled

computers to print to the EtherWind.

To configure and print to the EtherWind, you need the following:

◗ The MAC address from the label of the EtherWind (for example:

004017023F96)

◗ The following information from your wireless network administrator:

• Wireless Mode (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc)

• The SSID (service set identifier) for your wireless network

• The Radio Frequency Channel of the wireless network

• If you are using TCP/IP (recommended for Windows Networks) and are

not connected to a DHCP server (for obtaining an IP Address automati-

cally), you will need a unique IP Address for the EtherWind (for example:

192.168.1.14). If the EtherWind is not on the same IP subnet as the com-

puters you are printing from, you will also need a subnet mask and a

router (default gateway) address.