Samsung CLX-3185 User Manual

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Wireless network setup (CLX-3185FW/CLX-3185WK only)_ 5Installing the machine on an Ad-Hoc wirelessnetwork (Windows)If you do not have an Access Point (AP), you may still connect the machinewirelessly to your computer by setting up an Ad-Hoc wireless network byfollowing the simple steps below.Items to prepareEnsure you have next items ready.•Network-connected computer• Software CD provided with your machine• The machine installed with a wireless network interface• USB cableCreating the Ad-Hoc network in WindowsWhen the items are ready, follow below steps:1. Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine.2.Turn on your computer and the wireless network machine.3.Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.•The software CD should automatically run and an installationwindow appear.•If the installation window does not appear, click Start and then Run.Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing “X” with the letter which representsyour CD-ROM drive. Click OK.•If you use Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server R2click Start > All programs > Accessories > Run.Type X:\Setup.exe replacing “X” with the letter which representsyour CD-ROM drive and click OK.•If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows Vista, Windows 7 orWindows 2008 Server R2, click Run Setup.exe in Install or runprogram field, and click Continue or Yes in the User AccountControl windows.4.Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.5.Read the License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of theLicense Agreement. Then, click Next.6.The software searches the wireless network.If the software has failed to search the network, check if theUSB cable is connected properly between the computer andmachine, and follow the instruction on the window.7.After searching the wireless network, a list of wireless network yourmachine has searched appears.If you want to use the Samsung default ad-hoc setting, select the lastwireless network on the list, which Network Name(SSID) is portthruand Signal is Printer Self Network.Then, click Next.If you want to use other ad-hoc settings, select other wirelessnetwork from the list.If you cannot find out the network name you want to choose, orif you want to set the ad-hoc configuration manually, clickAdvanced Setting.•Enter the wireless Network Name: Type in the SSID nameyou want (SSID is case-sensitive).•Operation Mode: Select Ad-hoc.•Channel: Select the channel.•Authentication: Select an authentication type.Open System: Authentication is not used, and encryptionmay or may not be used depending on the need for datasecurity.Shared Key: Authentication is used. A device that has aproper 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 keyvalue.•WEP Key Index: If you are using the WEP Encryption, selectthe appropriate WEP Key Index.The wireless network security window appears when thead-hoc network has security setting.The wireless network security window appears. Select OpenSystem or Shared Key for the authentication and click Next.•WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocolpreventing unauthorized access to your wireless network.WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchangedon a wireless network using a 64-bit or 128-bit WEPencryption key.8.The window shows the wireless network setting, and check if settingsare right. Click Next.Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must knowthe computer’s network configuration information. If thecomputer’s network configuration is set to DHCP, the wirelessnetwork setting should also be DHCP. Likewise, if thecomputer’s network configuration is set to Static, the wirelessnetwork setting should also be Static.If your computer is set to DHCP and you want to use Staticwireless network setting, you must contact the networkadministrator to get the static IP address.•For the DHCP methodIf the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check ifDHCP is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirmwindow. However, if it shows Static, click Change TCP/IPto change the assignment method to Receive IP addressautomatically (DHCP).•For the Static methodIf the IP address assignment method is Static, check ifStatic is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirmwindow. However, if it shows DHCP, click Change TCP/IPto enter the IP address and other network configurationvalues for the machine.Example)If computer’s network information is as below:-IP address: 169.254.133.42-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0Machine’s network information should be as below:-IP address: 169.254.133. 43 (Use the computer’s IPaddress, with changed last three digits.)-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 (Use the computer’s subnetmask.)-Gateway: 169.254.133.1 (Change the last three digits fromIP address of your machine to 1.)9.When the wireless network setting is completed, disconnect the USBcable between the computer and machine. Click Next.If the Change PC Network Setting window appears, followthe steps on the window.Click Next if you are finished the computer’s wireless networksettings.