Wireless network setup
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2. Using a Network-connected Machine
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Select
Configuration of Wireless network
on the
Printer Connection
Type
and click
Continue
.
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After searching the wireless networks, a list of wireless networks your
machine has searched appears. Click
Advanced Setting
.
•
Enter the wireless Network Name:
Enter the SSID name (SSID is case-
sensitive).
•
Operation Mode:
Select ad hoc.
•
Channel:
Select the channel (
Auto Setting
or 2412 MHz to 2467 MHz).
•
Authentication:
Select an authentication type.
Open System:
Authentication is not used, and encryption may or may
not be used, depending on the need for data security.
Shared Key:
Authentication is used. A device that has a proper WEP key
can access the network.
•
Encryption:
Select the encryption (None, WEP64, WEP128).
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Network Password:
Enter the encryption network password value.
•
Confirm Network Password:
Confirm the encryption network
password value.
•
WEP Key Index:
If you are using WEP Encryption, select the appropriate
WEP Key Index
.
The wireless network security window appears when the ad hoc network
has security setting.
Select
Open System
or
Shared Key
for the authentication and click
Next
.
•
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.
