Before Setting Up Wireless Network; Planning For Installation; Determine The Network Type - Toshiba GN-1060 Operator's Manual

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK

Before Setting Up Wireless Network

This product is a Wireless LAN Module using the 2.4 GHz spectrum diffusion system, and is compatible with
the IEEE Standard 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n for wireless LAN. (The IEEE Standard 802.11n is
compatible only when this product is installed in the e-STUDIO6550C Series, e-STUDIO4540C Series,
e-STUDIO2550C Series, e-STUDIO5055C Series, e-STUDIO6570C Series, e-STUDIO507 Series and
e-STUDIO857 Series.)
When the Wireless LAN is enabled, users can perform the following printing through the Wireless LAN:
 Raw TCP Printing from Windows computers
 LPR Printing from Windows computers
 LPR Printing from Macintosh computers
 LPR Printing from UNIX/Linux workstation
The instructions on how to set up the client computers for Wi-Fi printing is same as the instructions for
wired network printing. For instructions on how to set up the client computers, please see Software
Installation Guide.
 To access the equipment through the Wireless LAN from the client computers, the client computers
must have the Wireless LAN Module.
 When you enable the wireless network, the existing NIC (Network Interface Card) will be disabled. This
equipment cannot connect the wired network and wireless network at the same time.
 Planning for installation
Before setting up the Wireless LAN Module for your wireless LAN, read through this section to understand the
information that you require to set up the equipment in your wireless LAN.
 Determine the network type
This Wireless LAN Module supports Infrastructure Mode and Ad Hoc Mode.
Infrastructure Mode
In the Infrastructure Mode, client computers can access to the equipment through a wireless network via an
Access Point. The Infrastructure Mode is suitable for the wireless network that many client computers are
connected at the same time.
The Access Point will be required to establish the wireless network in the Infrastructure Mode.
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Before Setting Up Wireless Network

Access Point