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3.
wireless network setup
This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the wireless network connected machine and software.
This chapter includes:
• Network environment
• Introducing useful network programs
• Getting started
• Printing network configuration report
• Choosing the wireless network installation type
• Setting a wireless network with the WPS button
• Setting a wireless network from the computer
• Completing the installation
• Restoring factory default settings using SyncThru™ Web Service
• Troubleshooting
Network environment
You need to set up the network protocols on the machine to use it as your
network machine. You can set up the basic network settings through the
machine's control panel or network setting programs.
The following table shows the network environments supported by the
machine:
Item Specification
Network interface • 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
Network operating system • Windows 2000/Server 2003 /Server
2008/XP/Vista/7/Server 2008 R2
• Various Linux OS
• Mac OS X 10.3 ~ 10.6
Network protocols • TCP/IPv4
• DHCP, BOOTP
• DNS, WINS, Bonjour, SLP
• Standard TCP/IP Printing (RAW), LPR,
IPP
• SNMPv 1/2/3, HTTP
• TCP/IPv6 (DHCP, DNS, RAW, LPR,
SNMPv 1/2/3, HTTP)
Wireless security • Authentication: Open System, Shared
Key, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal
(PSK)
• Encryption: WEP64, WEP128, TKIP,
AES
Introducing useful network programs
There are several programs available to setup the network settings easily in
network environment. For the network administrator especially, managing
several machines on the network is possible.
Before using the programs below, set the IP address first.
SyncThru™ Web Service
Web server embedded on your network machine, which allows you to:
• Configure the network parameters necessary for the machine to connect
to various network environments.
• Customize machine settings.
See "Using SyncThru™ Web Service" on page 51.
SyncThru™ Web Admin Service
A web-based machine management solution for network administrators.
SyncThru™ Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of
managing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot
network machines from any site with corporate internet access. Download
this program from http://solution.samsungprinter.com.
Getting started
Choosing your network connection
Typically, you can only have one connection between your computer and
the machine at a time. There are two types of network connections to
consider:
• Wireless network without access Point (Ad-Hoc mode)
• Wireless network with an access Point (Infrastructure mode)
Infrastructure mode
This is an environment generally used for homes
and SOHOs (Small Office/ Home Office). This
mode uses an access point to communicate with
the wireless machine.
• See "Installing the machine on a wireless
network with an access point (Windows)" on
page 28.
• See "Installing the machine on a wireless
network with an access point (Macintosh)" on
page 31.
Ad-Hoc mode
This mode does not use an access point. The
wireless computer and wireless machine
communicates directly.
• See "Installing the machine on an Ad-Hoc
wireless network (Windows)" on page 29.
• See "Installing the machine on an Ad-Hoc
wireless network (Macintosh)" on page 32.
After choosing your configuration, follow the simple directions for your
computer’s operating system, but first locate the software CD supplied
with the machine before proceeding.