5
Checking Your Wireless Connection Configuration
The method for connecting the camera to the computer will vary according to your computer's
wireless connection configuration. See the following diagram and confirm that your
configuration uses connection method or .
Wireless Network
Already in Use
1:1 Direct
Connection
between Camera
and Computer
Add the camera to the wireless
network in use.
Create a new network for the camera
and computer.
Check the settings for your wireless
network and note them in the
checklist (p. 6).
Connecting a camera and computer
via an access point, such as a wireless
LAN router, is called an
"infrastructure connection"
.
Connecting a camera and computer
directly in a 1:1 connection is called
an
"ad hoc connection"
.
•
A router is a device for connecting several computers or other equipment in a
network (LAN). A router with built-in wireless networking is called a wireless LAN
router.
• See your computer's user guide if you are uncertain about its operating system.
A
B
A
B
Existing Network
Wireless LAN Router