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6 - Network features
2827 - SETUP / WLAN / PARAMETERS / SECURITY
This parameter allows you to make your network secure
by setting the encryption method to use in your WLAN
network.
1 Press , select the menu SETUP using the keys
or and confirm with OK.
2 Select WLAN using the keys or and confirm
with OK.
3 Select PARAMETERS using the keys or and
confirm with OK.
4 Select SECURITY using the keys or and
confirm with OK.
5 Choose WEP, WPA or OFF and confirm with OK.
- If you choose WEP, enter a password:
- In a 64 bit security configuration, the password
must contain five characters exactly.
- In a 128 bit security configuration, the
password must contain 13 characters exactly.
- If you choose WPA, enter a WPA or WPA2
password (min. 8 characters to 63 characters
max.).
The password can contain alphanumerical
characters - numbers and letters - and any other
symbol available on the keypad. The only
invalid character is "
€" (euro currency sign).
6 Exit this menu by pressing the
key.
2828 - SETUP / WLAN / PARAMETERS /
HOSTNAME
The machine name allows you to identify your machine on
the network via a PC (for example with the name "PRINT-
NETWORK-1").
1 Press , select the menu SETUP using the keys
or and confirm with OK.
2 Select WLAN using the keys or and confirm
with OK.
3 Select PARAMETERS using the keys or and
confirm with OK.
4 Select HOSTNAME using the keys or and
confirm with OK.
5 Type in the desired name (15 characters
maximum) and confirm with OK.
6 Exit this menu by pressing the
key.
Once your connection has been set up, you must install
the network printer driver on your PC so that you can print
your documents.
Refer to the paragraph Software installation, page 36.
An example of how an AD-HOC network
may be set up
Below is an example of how to configure an Ad-hoc
network without security protection using the following
parameters:
• network name: "house"
• radio type: "ad-hoc"
• channel: "1"
• PC’s IP address: "169.254.0.1"
• PC’s subnetwork mask: "255.255.0.0"
• PC’s gateway: "0.0.0.0"
• IP address of the multifunction machine: "169.254.0.2"
• subnetwork mask of the multifunction machine:
"255.255.0.0"
• multifunction machine’s gateway: "0.0.0.0"
Setting up a machine
1 Plug the WLAN USB key into the USB connector of
the multifunction machine.
2 Press , select the menu SETUP using the keys
or and confirm with OK.
3 Select WLAN using the keys or and confirm
with OK.
4 Select CONFIG. ASS. using the keys or and
confirm with OK.
5 Select NEW NETWORK using the keys or
and confirm with OK.
6 SSID appears on the screen, enter "house" using
the numerical keypad and confirm with OK.
7 Select the mode AD-HOC MODE and confirm
with OK.
8 Enter "1" in the field CHANNEL and confirm
with OK.
9 Select OFF and confirm with OK.
10 Select IP CONF.: MANU and confirm with OK.
11 Enter "169.254.0.2" in the field IP ADDRESS and
confirm with OK.
12 Enter "255.255.0.0" in the field SUBNET MASK
and confirm with OK.
13 Enter "0.0.0.0" in the field GATEWAY and confirm
with OK.
14 At the end of this process, you return to the main
menu of ASS. CONFIG.
15 Exit this menu by pressing the
key.
Once the network has been set up, the LED of the WLAN
USB key should be on.
You must now set up the PC.
Note
You may also enter the password
using the hexadecimal system, if this
is the case:
- For a 64 bit security configuration,
the password must contain exactly
10 hexadecimal characters.
- For a 128 bit security configuration,
the password must contain exactly
26 hexadecimal characters.