For Connection via Home Wireless LAN

Mode Transfer Wireless

8 Choose the connection method.

Available profile types (see the list below) for your wireless LAN will be displayed on screen. Select the desired profile type and click [Next].

When selecting [Create an Ad-hoc (Camera to Com- puter) network profile], proceed to step 11 (c 139).

If multiple wireless LAN devices are connected to the computer, choose a device from the pop-up menu. Select the desired configuration type from the options listed. Options displayed will differ depending on the selected wireless device.

Type of Profile

Descriptions

Infrastructure (Access Point)

For use when connecting the camera and com-

puter via an infrastructure network. An infrastruc-

network profile

ture network must be configured beforehand.

 

 

 

Ad-hoc (Camera to Computer)

For use when establishing a one-to-one connec-

network profile

tion (when a wireless LAN access point is not avail-

able) between the camera and computer.

 

 

 

Infrastructure (Access Point)

Recommended for users of multiple wireless net-

and Ad-hoc (Camera to Com-

work profiles.

puter) network profiles

 

For use with manual settings. Only [Create Profile manually] is available when:

- configuration for wireless LAN network is not

Create Profile manually performed using the wireless network setting function (Zero Config) for Windows XP

-using a Windows XP SP1 or Mac OS X operating system

-your computer has a fixed IP address

jNote on Choosing [Create an Ad-hoc (Camera to Computer) network profile] on Windows XP

•When configuring a profile device using an ad-hoc network between the camera and com- puter, the computer’s fixed IP address (manually entered IP address) will be automatically set to “169.254.x.x”. When adding an infrastructure network later, set the computer to automatically obtain an IP address. For the added network profiles, configure wireless set- tings between the camera and computer again.

•[Create an Ad-hoc (Camera to Computer) network profile] cannot be selected if an infra- structure network has already been set up in your computer, or the fixed IP address is not “169.254.x.x”.

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