How To Terminate The Access Point Mode; Setting Of The Access Point Mode - Canon MG2900 Series Manual

1. Connect an external device such as a computer or a smartphone to the machine via
wireless LAN.
Perform wireless LAN settings with your external device, then assign the access point name specified
for the machine as a destination.
Note
• For details on how to perform wireless LAN settings with an external device, refer to the
device's instruction manual.
• When a WPA2-PSK (AES) password is valid on the machine, entering the password is required
to connect an external device to the machine via wireless LAN. Enter the password specified for
the machine.
2. Start printing or scanning from an external device such as a computer or a smartphone.
Note
• For details on how to print or scan from an external device such as a computer or a smartphone
via wireless LAN, refer to the device's or application's instruction manual.

How to terminate the Access Point Mode

In environments that the machine is connected with the computer over the wireless LAN usually, set the
machine to the wireless LAN connection following the procedure below when you finish using the machine
with the access point mode temporarily.
1. Press and hold the Wi-Fi button until the Alarm lamp flashes 4 times.
2. Release the Wi-Fi button.
When the ON lamp changed from flashing to lit, the wireless LAN mode is enabled.
Note
• If you do not use the machine with the access point mode or over the wireless LAN:
Follow the procedure below to disable the access point mode and the wireless LAN.
1. Press and hold the Stop button until the Alarm lamp flashes 18 times.
2. Release the Stop button.
3. Press the Black button.
The Wi-Fi lamp goes off.

Setting of the Access Point Mode

The initial value of the access point mode is set as follows.
SSID (access point name) XXXXXX-MG2900series
Security setting
* "XXXXXX" is the last six digits of MAC address of the machine.
WPA2-PSK (AES)
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