Dell V515W, User Manual

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If your access point is using WPA or WPA2 security, then the WPA passphrase should be:
•
Exactly 64 hexadecimal characters. Hexadecimal characters are A–F, a–f, and 0–9.
or
•
From 8 to 63 ASCII characters. ASCII characters are letters, numbers, and symbols found on a keyboard. ASCII
characters in a WPA passphrase are case-sensitive.
Note: If you do not know this information, then see the documentation that came with the wireless network, or
contact the person who set up your wireless network.
C
HECK THE
MAC
ADDRESS
If your network uses MAC address filtering, then make sure that you include the MAC address of the printer in the
MAC address filter list. This will allow the printer to operate on the network. For more information, see “How do I
find the MAC address?” on page 110.
P
ING THE ACCESS POINT TO MAKE SURE THE NETWORK IS WORKING
For Windows users
1
Obtain the IP address of the access point.
a
Click , or click Start and then click Run .
b
In the Start Search or Run box, type
cmd
.
c
Press Enter , or click OK .
d
Type
ipconfig
, and then press Enter .
•
The “Default Gateway” entry is typically the access point.
•
The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by periods, such as 192.168.2.134.
2
Ping the access point:
a
Click , or click Start and then click Run .
b
In the Start Search or Run box, type
cmd
.
c
Press Enter , or click OK .
d
Type
ping
followed by a space and the IP address of the access point. For example:
ping 192.168.1.100
e
Press Enter .
3
Check to see whether the access point responds:
•
If the access point responds, then you will see several lines appear that start with “Reply from.”
It is possible that the printer did not connect to the wireless network. Turn off and then restart the printer
to try to connect again.
•
If the access point does not respond, then “Request timed out.” appears.
Try the following:
a
Click , or click Start and then click Run .
b
In the Start Search or Run box, type
ncpa.cpl
, and then press Enter .
c
Press Enter or click OK .
d
Select the appropriate connection from the ones shown.
e
Right-click the connection, and then click Repair or Diagnose .
Troubleshooting
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