Samsung ML-186XW - Manual (Page 30)

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Account Control window.
4. Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.
• Install Now: If you have set the wireless network, click on this
button to install the machine driver to use the wireless network
machine. If you have not set the wireless network, click on
Wireless Setting and Installation button to set the wireless
network before you click on this button.
• Wireless Setting and Installation: Configure the wireless
network settings of your machine with a USB cable then install
the machine driver. Only for users who have not set up the
wireless connection before.
• Shortcut to Wireless Setting program without CD: If you
have installed the printer driver once, you can access the
Wireless Setting program without CD. From the Start menu,
select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your
printer driver name > Wireless Setting Program
5. Read the License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of the
License Agreement. Then, click on Next.
6. The software searches the wireless network.
If the software has failed to search the network, check if the
USB cable is connected properly between the computer and
machine, and follow the instruction on the window.
7. After searching the wireless networks, a list of wireless networks
your machine has searched appears.
If you want to use the Samsung default ad-hoc setting, select the last
wireless network on the list, Network Name(SSID) is portthru and
Signal is Printer Self Network.
Then, click on Next.
If you want to use other ad-hoc settings, select another wireless
network from the list.
If you want to change ad-hoc settings click on the Advanced
Setting button.
• Enter the wireless Network Name: Enter the SSID name
you want (SSID is case-sensitive).
• Operation Mode: Select Ad-hoc.
• Channel: Select the channel. (Auto Setting or 2412 MHz
to 2467 MHz).
• Authentication: Select an authentication type.
Open System: Authentication is not used, and encryption
may or may not be used, depending on the need for data
security.
Shared Key: Authentication is used. A device that has a
proper WEP key can access the network.
• Encryption: Select the encryption (None, WEP64,
WEP128).
• Network Key: Enter the encryption network key value.
• Confirm Network Key: Confirm the encryption network
key value.
• WEP Key Index: If you are using the WEP Encryption,
select the appropriate WEP Key Index.
The wireless network security window appears when the
ad-hoc network has security setting.
The wireless network security window appears. Select Open
System or Shared Key for the authentication and click on
Next.
• WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocol
preventing unauthorized access to your wireless network.
WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchanged
on a wireless network using a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP
encryption key.
8. The window showing the wireless network setting appears. Check
the settings and click on Next.
Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must know
the computer’s network configuration information. If the
computer’s network configuration is set to DHCP, the wireless
network setting should also be DHCP. Likewise, if the
computer’s network configuration is set to Static, the wireless
network setting should also be Static.
If your computer is set to DHCP and you want to use the Static
wireless network setting, you must contact the network
administrator to get the static IP address.
• For the DHCP method
If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if
DHCP is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm
window. However, if it shows Static, click on Change
TCP/IP to change the assignment method to Receive IP
address automatically (DHCP).
• For the Static method
If the IP address assignment method is Static, check if
Static is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm
window. However, if it shows DHCP, click on Change
TCP/IP to enter the IP address and other network
configuration values for the machine.
For example:
If computer’s network information is as shown below:
- IP address: 169.254.133.42
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
- Gateway: 169.254.133.0
Then, the machine’s network information should be as
below:
- IP address: 169.254.133. 43
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 (Use the computer’s subnet
mask.)
- Gateway: 169.254.133.1
9. When the wireless network setting is completed, disconnect the USB
cable between the computer and machine. Click on Next.
If the Change PC Network Setting window appears, follow
the steps on the window.
Click on Next if you are finished the computer’s wireless
network settings.
If you set the computer’s wireless network on DHCP, it will take