An Example Of How An Ad-Hoc Network May Be Set Up; Setting Up A Multifunction Machine; Setting Up The Pc - Oki B2500 Series User Manual

B2520 / B2540
2828 - SETUP / WLAN / PARAMETERS /
The machine name allows you to identify your machine on
the network via a PC (for example with the name "PRINT-
NETWORK-1").
1 Type in , select the menu SETUP using the keys
or and confirm with OK.
2 Select WLAN using the keys
with OK.
3 Select PARAMETERS using the keys
confirm with OK.
4 Select HOSTNAME using the keys
confirm with OK.
5 Type in the desired name (15 characters
maximum) and confirm with OK.
6 Exit this menu by pressing the
Once your connection has been set up, you must install
the network printer driver "Laser Pro LL Network" on
your PC so that you can print your documents.
Refer to the paragraph Network connection, page 44.
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
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

1 Plug the WLAN USB key into the USB connector of
the multifunction machine.
2 Type in , select the menu SETUP using the keys
or and confirm with OK.
3 Select WLAN using the keys
with OK.
4 Select ASS. CONFIG. using the keys
confirm with OK.
5 Select NEW NETWORK using the keys
and confirm with OK.
6 SSID appears on the screen, enter "house" using
the numerical keypad and confirm with OK.
7 Select the mode AD-HOC MODE and confirm with
OK.
8 Enter "1" in the field CHANNEL and confirm with
OK.
HOSTNAME
or and confirm
or and
or and
key
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using the following
or and confirm
or and
or
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9 Select WITHOUT SECURITY 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
Once the network has been set up, the LED of the WLAN
USB key should be on.
You must now set up the PC.

Setting up the PC

For this section, refer to the instructions supplied by the
manufacturer of the WLAN USB key to help you to find
and join the "house" network.
1 You may need to install the software for the WLAN
USB key on the PC, if this has not already been
done.
2 Plug WLAN USB key into a USB port on the PC.
3 Use the software of the WLAN USB key to detect
the network.
4 Join the network "house" once this has been
detected.
5 Now set up the WLAN network connection of your
PC.
To guide you through this stage, refer to the
paragraph "Setting the parameters for a
connection" in the manufacturer's instructions.
To do this, you must configure the element
Protocol Internet (TCP/IP) for the WLAN
connection that has been created. If this element is
set up in such a way as to obtain an IP address
automatically, you must change it to manual mode
to set up the TCP/IP address ("169.254.0.1" in our
example), the subnet mask ("255.255.0.0" in our
example) and the default gateway ("0.0.0.0" in our
example).
6 Enter OK.
key
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