Wireless Tab
This tab will be displayed if the selected device has the capability to serve as a Wireless Stations for your LAN.
Figure 30: Wireless Screen
Change the settings to suit your environment. Generally, you must match the settings of other 'Wireless stations. The available settings are described below.
Selected Device | This shows the name of the Print Server. |
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SSID | • If using an ESS (Extended Service Set, with multiple access |
| points) this ID is called an ESSID (Extended Service Set |
| Identifier). |
| • To communicate, all Wireless stations MUST use the same |
| SSID/ESSID. Change this value, or change the other Wireless |
| stations, to ensure each Wireless station has the same value. |
| • The default value is "ANY", so the Wireless station can join any |
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| Note! The SSID is case sensitive. |
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Channel No | The effect of this setting depends on the Network Type setting: |
| • In Infrastructure mode, this setting has no effect. The Channel is |
| selected automatically, to match the Channel used by the Access |
| Point. |
| • In |
| for compatible groups to join. The Channel setting is used as a |
| default Channel. |
| If you experience interference (shown by lost connections and/or slow |
| data transfers) you may need to experiment with different channels. |
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