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	Using Wireless LAN
T Enter “scanner” for the user name,	• Ad hoc mode
enter the password, and then click	A method of communicating
	with other computers, peer
[OK].
	to peer, without an access
Note	point. The same communica-
❒ User name is fixed to “scanner”.	tion channel must be used for
	all computers.
❒ The initial factory default pass-
	• 802.11 Ad hoc mode
word is “password”. You can
	A method of communicating
change the password using
	with other computers, peer
[Configuration] → [Basic Settings]
→ [Password].	to peer, without an access
The setup screen appears.	point. The same communica-
	tion channel and SSID must
U Click [Basic Settings], and then	be used for all computers.
[TCP/IP] on the sub-menu.	❖ SSID
V Make settings to each of the setup	Enter the SSID (Service Set Iden-
items on the screen.	tifier) you want to use, using up
	to 32 characters. The SSID cur-
Reference	rently in use appears in paren-
⇒ p.52 “System Settings”	theses.
❖ LAN Type	This information appears if
	[802.11 Ad hoc mode] or [Infra-
Switch between network inter-	structure mode] is selected in the
face board and wireless LAN	[ Communication Mode ] list.
(IEEE 802.11b) board. Be sure to	The SSID is an identifier used
set this item to “IEEE 802.11b”.	when connecting between an
❖ Network Boot	access point and a wireless LAN
	client. Only a wireless LAN cli-
Select [DHCP] to use the DHCP
	ent and an access point that
server to make network settings	have the same SSID can com-
automatically. When using DH-	municate with each other.
CP, the IP address, subnet	❖ Channel
mask, and default gateway ad-
dress obtained from the DHCP	If [802.11 Ad hoc mode] or [Ad hoc
server are used.	mode] is selected in the [Commu-
Select [NONE] to make network	nication Mode] list, select a com-
settings manually.	munication channel.
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❖ Communication Mode	The channel is a set radio fre-
	quency used for wireless LAN
Select the communication
	(IEEE 802.11b). Computers us-
mode.	ing the same channel can com-
• Infrastructure mode	municate with each other.
A method of communicating
with other computers via an
access point. The SSID must

be the same as the one set for the access point.

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