Installing the machine on a wireless network with an access point (Windows)
Items to prepare
Ensure you have the following items ready.
•Access point
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•Software CD that was provided with your machine
•The machine installed with a wireless network interface
•USB cable
Creating the infrastructure network in Windows
When the items are ready, follow the steps below:
1.Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine.
2.Turn on your computer, access point, and machine.
3.Insert the supplied software CD into your
•The software CD should automatically run and an installation window appear.
•If the installation window does not appear, click on Start and then
Run. Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing “X” with the letter which represents your drive. Click on OK.
•If you use Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 click on Start > All programs > Accessories > Run.
Type X:\Setup.exe replacing “X” with the letter that represents your drive and click on OK.
•If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2, click on Run Setup.exe in Install or run program field, and click on Continue or Yes in the User Account Control window.
4.Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.
•Install Now: If you have already set up the wireless network, click on this button to install the machine driver to use the wireless network machine. If you have not set up the wireless network, click on the Wireless Setting and Installation button to set up the wireless network before you click on this button.
•Wireless Setting and Installation: Configure the wireless network settings of your machine with a USB cable then install the machine driver. Only for the users who have not set up the wireless connection before.
5.Read the License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement. Then, click on Next.
6.The software searches the wireless network.
If the search has failed, you may check if the USB cable is properly connected between the computer and machine, and follow the instructions on the window.
7.After searching, the window shows the wireless network devices. Select the name (SSID) of the access point you are using and click on Next.
If you cannot find out the network name you want to choose, or if you want to set the wireless configuration manually, click on Advanced Setting.
•Enter the wireless Network Name: Enter the SSID of access point you want (SSID is
•Operation Mode: Select Infrastructure.
•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.
WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal: Select this option to authenticate the print server based on WPA
•Encryption: Select the encryption (None, WEP64, WEP128, TKIP, AES, TKIP AES).
•Network Key: Enter the encryption network key value.
•Confirm Network Key: Confirm the encryption network key value.
•WEP Key Index: If you are using WEP Encryption, select the appropriate WEP Key Index.
The wireless network security window appears when the access point has security setting.
The wireless network security window appears. The window may differ according to its security mode, WEP, or WPA.
•In case of WEP
Select Open System or Shared Key for the authentication and enter WEP security key. Click on 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
•In case of WPA
Enter the WPA shared key and click on Next.
WPA authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA also uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) for data encryption.
8.The window shows the wireless network settings and check if the settings are right. Click on Next.
•For the DHCP method
If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if DHCP is shown in the window. However, if it shows Static, click on Change TCP/IP to change the assignment method to DHCP.
•For the Static method
If the IP address assignment method is Static, check if Static is shown in the window. However, if it shows DHCP, click on Change TCP/IP to enter the IP address and other network configuration values for the machine. Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must know the computer’s network configuration information. If the computer is set to DHCP, you
Wireless network setup