Cameron Scanner 3100, Networking Manual

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Section 1 Scanner 3100 Wi-Fi & Advanced Networking Guide
Scanner 3100 Network Configurations
A Scanner 3100 equipped with a Wi-Fi expansion module can be configured to operate in one of two Wireless
modes and one of two Ethernet modes, as described below.
Wireless Access Point
A wireless access point is a device that creates a wireless local area
network for other devices to connect to. As a wireless access point,
the Scanner 3100 hosts a public network (as shown in
Figure 1
) with
the Scanner 3100 as the default SSID. If you have more than one
wireless access point (i.e. two Scanner 3100’s hosting separate wire
-
less access points), each public network must have a unique SSID.
The section
Configure the Scanner 3100 as a Wireless Access Point
(
page 11
) will step you through this configuration.
Figure 1 -
Wireless Access Point
Wireless Client
As a wireless client, the Scanner 3100 connects to
an existing wireless network (as shown in
Figure 2
),
thereby allowing the Scanner 3100 to be available on
a customer’s existing Wi-Fi network through the IP
address assigned by the customer’s DHCP server.
The Scanner 3100 can also be configured by as
-
signing it a valid static IP address on the customer’s
existing network.
The section
Configure the Scanner 3100 as a Wire
-
less Client
(
page 15
)
will step you through this
configuration.
Ethernet Client
As an ethernet client, the Scanner 3100 connects
to an existing wired network (as shown in
Figure 3
),
thereby allowing the Scanner 3100 to be available
on a customer’s existing network through the IP ad-
dress assigned by the customer’s DHCP server. The
Scanner 3100 can also be configured by assigning
it a valid static IP address on the customer’s existing
network.
The section
Configure the Scanner 3100 as an
Ethernet Client
(
page 19
)
will step you through this
configuration.
Figure 3 -
Ethernet Client
Figure 2 -
Wireless Client