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Wireless network setup (CLX-3185FW/CLX-3185WK only)_ 5
Installing the machine on an Ad-Hoc wireless
network (Windows)
If you do not have an Access Point (AP), you may still connect the machine
wirelessly to your computer by setting up an Ad-Hoc wireless network by
following the simple steps below.
Items to prepare
Ensure you have next items ready.
•Network-connected computer
• Software CD provided with your machine
• The machine installed with a wireless network interface
• USB cable
Creating the Ad-Hoc network in Windows
When the items are ready, follow below steps:
1. Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine.
2.Turn on your computer and the wireless network machine.
3.Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
•The software CD should automatically run and an installation
window appear.
•If the installation window does not appear, click Start and then Run.
Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing “X” with the letter which represents
your CD-ROM drive. Click OK.
•If you use Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server R2
click Start > All programs > Accessories > Run.
Type X:\Setup.exe replacing “X” with the letter which represents
your CD-ROM drive and click OK.
•If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows Vista, Windows 7 or
Windows 2008 Server R2, click Run Setup.exe in Install or run
program field, and click Continue or Yes in the User Account
Control windows.
4.Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.
5.Read the License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of the
License Agreement. Then, click Next.
6.The software searches the wireless network.
If the software has failed to search the network, check if the
USB cable is connected properly between the computer and
machine, and follow the instruction on the window.
7.After searching the wireless network, a list of wireless network your
machine has searched appears.
If you want to use the Samsung default ad-hoc setting, select the last
wireless network on the list, which Network Name(SSID) is portthru
and Signal is Printer Self Network.
Then, click Next.
If you want to use other ad-hoc settings, select other wireless
network from the list.
If you cannot find out the network name you want to choose, or
if you want to set the ad-hoc configuration manually, click
Advanced Setting.
•Enter the wireless Network Name: Type in the SSID name
you want (SSID is case-sensitive).
•Operation Mode: Select Ad-hoc.
•Channel: Select the channel.
•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)
•Network Key: Enter the encryption network key value.
•Confirm Network Key: Confirm the encryption network key
value.
•WEP Key Index: If you are using the WEP Encryption, select
the appropriate WEP Key Index.
The wireless network security window appears when the
ad-hoc network has security setting.
The wireless network security window appears. 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.
8.The window shows the wireless network setting, and check if settings
are right. Click Next.
Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must know
the computer’s network configuration information. If the
computer’s network configuration is set to DHCP, the wireless
network setting should also be DHCP. Likewise, if the
computer’s network configuration is set to Static, the wireless
network setting should also be Static.
If your computer is set to DHCP and you want to use Static
wireless network setting, you must contact the network
administrator to get the static IP address.
•For the DHCP method
If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if
DHCP is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm
window. However, if it shows Static, click Change TCP/IP
to change the assignment method to Receive IP address
automatically (DHCP).
•For the Static method
If the IP address assignment method is Static, check if
Static is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm
window. However, if it shows DHCP, click Change TCP/IP
to enter the IP address and other network configuration
values for the machine.
Example)
If computer’s network information is as below:
-IP address: 169.254.133.42
-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Machine’s network information should be as below:
-IP address: 169.254.133. 43 (Use the computer’s IP
address, with changed last three digits.)
-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 (Use the computer’s subnet
mask.)
-Gateway: 169.254.133.1 (Change the last three digits from
IP address of your machine to 1.)
9.When the wireless network setting is completed, disconnect the USB
cable between the computer and machine. Click Next.
If the Change PC Network Setting window appears, follow
the steps on the window.
Click Next if you are finished the computer’s wireless network
settings.