Samsung ML-186XW - Manual (Page 31)

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several minutes to receive the IP address.
10. The Wireless Network Setting Complete window appears.
Select Yes if you accept the current settings and continue the setup
procedure.
Select No if you want to return to the beginning screen.
Then, click on Next.
11. Click on Next when the Confirm Printer Connection window
appears.
12. Select the components to be installed. Click on Next.
After selecting the components, you can also change the machine
name, set the machine to be shared on the network, set the machine
as the default machine, and change the port name of each machine.
Click on Next.
13. After the installation is finished, a window asking you to print a test
page appears. If you want to print a test page, click on Print a test
page.
Otherwise, just click on Next and go to step 15.
14. If the test page prints out correctly, click on Yes.
If not, click on No to reprint it.
15. To register as a user of the machine in order to receive information
from Samsung, click on On-line Registration.
16. Click on Finish.
Installing the machine on a wireless network with an
access point (Macintosh)
Items to prepare
Ensure you have the following items ready:
• Access point
• Network-connected computer
• Software CD that was provided with your machine
• The machine installed with a wireless network interface
• USB cable
Creating the infrastructure network in Macintosh
When the items are ready, follow the steps below:
1. Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine.
2. Turn on your computer, access point, and machine.
3. Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
4. Double-click the CD-ROM icon that appears on your Macintosh
desktop.
5. Double-click the MAC_Installer folder.
6. Double-click the Installer OS X icon.
7. Enter the password and click on OK.
8. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click on Continue.
9. Read the license agreement and click on Continue.
10. Click on Agree to agree to the license agreement.
11. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click on Continue.
12. Select Easy Install and click on Install. Easy Install is
recommended for most users. All compoenets necessary for
machine operations will be installed.
If you select Custom Install, you can choose individual operations
will be installed.
13. Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.
14. The software searches the wireless network.
If the search has failed, you may check if the USB cable is
connected between the computer and machine properly, and
follow the instructions in the window.
15. After searching, the window shows the wireless network devices.
Select the name (SSID) of the access point you are using and click
on Next.
When you set the wireless configuration manually, click on
Advanced Setting.
• Enter the wireless Network Name: Enter the SSID of
access point you want (SSID is case-sensitive).
• Operation Mode: Select Infrastructure.
• 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.
WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal: Select this option to
authenticate the print server based on WPA Pre-Shared
Key. This uses a shared secret key (generally called Pre-
Shared Key pass phrase) that is manually configured on
the access point and each of its clients.
• Encryption: Select the encryption. (None, WEP64,
WEP128, TKIP, AES, TKIP AES)
• 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
access point has security setting.
The wireless network security window appears. The window
may differ according to its security mode: WEP or WPA.
• In case of WEP
Select Open System or Shared Key for the authentication
and enter WEP security key. 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.
• In case of WPA
Enter the WPA shared key and click on Next.
WPA authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key
that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA also
uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) for data encryption.
16. The window shows the wireless network setting and check if settings
are right. Click on Next.
• For the DHCP method
If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if DHCP is
shown in the window. However, if it shows Static, click on
Change TCP/IP to change the assignment method to DHCP.
• For the Static method
If the IP address assignment method is Static, check if Static is
shown in the window. However, if it shows DHCP, click Change
TCP/IP to enter the IP address and other network configuration
values for the machine. Before entering the IP address for the
machine, you must know the computer’s network configuration
information. If the computer is set to DHCP, you must contact the