Security setup – Dell 2355dn Multifunction Mono Laser Printer User Manual

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Appendix G. Wireless network environment

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Frequency Mode: Choose a frequency mode. The dell print server

supports 802.11b and 802.11g frequency modes.

802.11b/g (2.4GHz) mode: Data is sent using IEEE802.11g standard

communications in the 2.4 GHz band. This mode is compatible with

IEEE802.11b standard.

802.11b/g (5GHz, 2.4GHz) mode: Data is sent using the frequency

range defined in IEEE802.11g standards.

Ad-hoc Channel: Change the channel selection setting. If you select Auto

Setting, the dell print server will automatically adjust channels. To

manually set a channel, select

Channel Selection. In most cases, manually

setting up channels is not required.

NOTE:

Your wireless basic setting changes will be applied after the print server

restarts. In order to restart the print server, from EWS, select Printer Server

Settings

Other Features

Restart Machine and click Restart, or turn the print

server off and then back on.

Security setup

This section describes how to configure wireless security for your wireless

network.

Authentication

Open System: This is used if your wireless network does not require

authentication for network access. However, your network may still

use encryption keys for data security.

Shared Key: Use Shared Key authentication if your network requires

that each device be configured with the same secret WEP key for

network access.

WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal: If you are using this option, the print

server WPA shared key must be the same as that of an access point.

The WPA shared key is used to authenticate and to create a master

session key.

WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise: You must select an authentication

method which is supported by a RADIUS server. The authentication

method is determined by negotiation between clients and the server.

Therefore, it is not necessary for the selected authentication to be

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