An Example Of How An Ad-Hoc Network May Be Set Up; Setting Up A Multifunction Machine; Setting Up The Pc - Oki B2520 User Manual

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.
6 Exit this menu by pressing the
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").
1 Type in , select the menu SETUP using the
keys or and confirm with OK.
2 Select WLAN using the keys
confirm with OK.
3 Select PARAMETERS using the keys
and confirm with OK.
4 Select HOSTNAME using the keys
and 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 on your PC so
that you can print your documents. Refer to the
paragraph Network connection, page 52.
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

1 Plug the WLAN USB key into the USB
connector of the multifunction machine.
2 Type in , select the menu SETUP using the
keys
3 Select WLAN using the keys
confirm with OK.
4 Select ASS. CONFIG. using the keys
and confirm with OK.
5 Select NEW NETWORK using the keys
6 SSID appears on the screen, enter "house"
using the numerical keypad and confirm with
OK.
key
.
7 Select the mode AD-HOC MODE and
confirm with OK.
8 Enter "1" in the field CHANNEL and confirm
with OK.
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
or and MASK and confirm with OK.
13 Enter "0.0.0.0" in the field GATEWAY and
or confirm with OK.
14 At the end of this process, you return to the
or 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.
key
.
You must now set up the PC.

Setting up the PC

For this section, refer to the instructions supplied
by the manufacturer of the server to help you to
find and join the "house" network.
16 Plug WLAN USB key into a USB port on the
PC.
17 Use the server software to detect the
network.
18 Join the network "house" once this has been
detected.
19 Now set up the WLAN network connection of
your PC.
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).
20 Enter OK.
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or and confirm with OK.
and confirm with OK.
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or
or
key
.