TROY Group EtherWind 802.11b - Manual (Page 16)

this option, select Ad-hoc Computer-to-Computer, or whatever mode your
adapter uses to communicate on a wireless network without an access
point.
◗ If you are using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption on your wireless network,
you will need to temporarily disable WEP on your PC in order to configure the print
server. If you are using an access point with WEP enabled and it does not allow non-
wep clients to communicate with other non-wep clients, then you will also need to
temporarily change the wireless mode of your computer to Ad-hoc (802.11) mode.
Note:
If no computers on your network can be set to Ad-hoc mode, you will need
to temporarily disable WEP on your access point. When you are done con-
figuring the print server, you can re-enable WEP on your computer and
change the wireless mode back if necessary.
◗ If you are using TCP/IP, note your computer’s IP address. The print server will need to
be on the same IP segment as the other nodes on your network in order to communi-
cate.
◗ If you are using infrastructure mode, make sure you have a good signal between your
computer and the access point. Most wireless adapters have a utility that shows the
wireless signal strength. See your wireless adapter’s documentation for details.
◗ If you are using a Macintosh with an Airport ® base station or non-Apple access point:
• If your Macintosh has an Airport wireless card installed, make sure that AirPort is
enabled in the AppleTalk and TCP/IP Control Panels. If both your Macintosh and
the AirPort base station or access point are connected to an existing Ethernet net-
work, select
Ethernet in the AppleTalk and TCP/IP Control Panel.
• To use the printer in infrastructure mode, use the Airport application to select the
Airport Network name that corresponds to the base station or access point from
the AirPort Networks list.
• To use the printer in computer-to-computer (Ad-hoc) mode, use the Airport appli-
cation to create or join a computer-to-computer network. See your AirPort docu-
mentation for details.
• If you are using password protection, you will need to temporarily create a comput-
er-to-computer network with no password protection to configure the print server,
then re-join the network with the password protection.
• In order to make the Apple Airport password protection compatible with the 64-bit
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) on the EtherWind, you will need to use 0x fol-
lowed by the 10 digit WEP key.
◗ If you are using a home gateway or router, you will want to configure the EtherWind
from a PC on the same network segment that you want the EtherWind to be on.
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