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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.
1Type in !, select the menu SETUP using the keys
! or " and confirm with OK.
2Select WLAN using the keys ! or " and confirm
with OK.
3Select PARAMETERS using the keys ! or " and
confirm with OK.
4Select SECURITY using the keys ! or " and
confirm with OK.
5Choose 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).
6Exit 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").
1Type in !, select the menu SETUP using the keys
! or " and confirm with OK.
2Select WLAN using the keys ! or " and confirm
with OK.
3Select PARAMETERS using the keys ! or " and
confirm with OK.
4Select HOSTNAME using the keys ! or " and
confirm with OK.
5Type in the desired name (15 characters
maximum) and confirm with OK.
6Exit 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 32.

An example of how an AD-HOC network

may be set up

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 multifunction machine
1Plug the WLAN USB key into the USB connector of
the multifunction machine.
2Type in !, select the menu SETUP using the keys
! or " and confirm with OK.
3Select WLAN using the keys ! or " and confirm
with OK.
4Select CONFIG. ASS. using the keys ! or " and
confirm with OK.
5Select 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.
7Select the mode AD-HOC MODE and confirm
with OK.
8Enter "1" in the field CHANNEL and confirm
with OK.
9Select 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.