Wireless network installation
The table below outlines the configuration tools used and the steps to follow to add the Deskjet
5800 or PSC 2500 series to an existing wireless network:
NETWORK | CONFIGURATION TOOLS | CONFIGURATION STEPS | |
• | Installation software | Connect the Ethernet setup cable before you | |
infrastructure | • | Ethernet setup cable | install the software, according to the |
wireless network |
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| software and follow the |
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| The software: |
| Note: The Ethernet setup | • Turns the wireless radio on (PSC 2500) | |
| cable connects the device to | ||
| • Sets the device to infrastructure mode | ||
| the wireless router or access | ||
| • Sets the network name (SSID) | ||
| point. It allows the software | ||
| • Prompts you to enter your WEP encryption | ||
| to read the current network | ||
| key (once it determines that WEP is | ||
| settings: infrastructure, SSID, | ||
| enabled) | ||
| and whether WEP is | ||
| • Prompts you to remove the Ethernet setup | ||
| enabled. The Ethernet cable | ||
| cable | ||
| simplifies the installation | ||
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| experience. | Note: The PSC 2500 series ships with the | |
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| wireless radio set to off; the Deskjet 5800 |
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| series ships with the wireless radio on. |
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• | Embedded Web Server | WPA settings must be configured manually | |
infrastructure |
| (EWS) | using the EWS before you install the software. |
wireless network | • | Installation software | To install the printer or |
| • | Ethernet setup cable | enabled network: |
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| • Connect the Ethernet setup cable to the |
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| network router or hub and wait |
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| momentarily for the network link to be |
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| established. |
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| • Use the device’s EWS to enter the |
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| network WPA settings. You can access |
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| the EWS by launching the computer’s |
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| Web browser and entering either the |
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| device IP address or host name in the |
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| browser's address box. The IP address or |
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| host name are available from the network |
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| configuration page (see the section on the |
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| EWS for more information). |
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| • Unplug the Ethernet cable from the printer |
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| or |
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| • Install the software and follow the on- |
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| screen instructions. The software performs |
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| the same tasks listed above (except WEP |
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| is not used). |
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