Connecting The Printer To The Network; Before Making Network Connection - Epson ET-L15150 Series User Manual

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Connecting the Printer to the Network

You can connect the printer to the network in several ways.
❏ Connect by using advanced settings on the control panel.
❏ Connect by using the installer on the website or on the software disc.
This section explains the procedure to connect the printer to the network using the printer's control panel.

Before Making Network Connection

To connect to the network, check the connection method and setting information for connection in advance.
Gathering Information on the Connection Setting
Prepare the necessary setting information to connect. Check the following information in advance.
Divisions
Device connection
method
LAN connection
information
Wi-Fi connection
information
DNS server information
Proxy server
information
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Connecting the Printer to the Network

Items Note
❏ Ethernet
Decide how to connect the printer to the network.
❏ Wi-Fi
For Wired LAN, connects to the LAN switch.
For Wi-Fi, connects to the network (SSID) of the access point.
❏ IP address
Decide the IP address to assign to the printer.
❏ Subnet mask
When you assign the IP address statically, all values are required.
❏ Default gateway
When you assign the IP address dynamically using the DHCP function,
this information is not required because it is set automatically.
❏ SSID
These are the SSID (network name) and the password of the access
point that the printer connects to.
❏ Password
If MAC address filtering has been set, register the MAC address of the
printer in advance to register the printer.
See the following for the supported standards.
"Wi-Fi Specifications" on page 338
❏ IP address for
These are required when specifying DNS servers. The secondary DNS
primary DNS is set when the system has a redundant configuration and there is a
secondary DNS server.
❏ IP address for
secondary DNS If you are in a small organization and do not set the DNS server, set
the IP address of the router.
❏ Proxy server name
Set this when your network environment uses the proxy server to
access the internet from the intranet, and you use the function that
the printer directly accesses to the internet.
For the following functions, the printer directly connects to the
internet .
❏ Epson Connect Services
❏ Cloud services of other companies
❏ Firmware updating
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