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Wireless network setup 

After searching the wireless networks, a list of wireless networks your 
machine has searched appears. 

If you want to use the Dell default ad hoc setting, select the last wireless 
network on the list, 

Network Name(SSID)

 is 

Dell_device

 and 

Signal

 is 

Printer Self Network

. 

Then, click 

Next

. 

If you want to use other ad hoc settings, select another wireless network 
from the list. 

If you want to change ad hoc settings click the 

Advanced Setting

 button. 

•  

Enter the wireless Network Name: 

Enter the SSID name you want (SSID 

is case-sensitive). 

• 

Operation Mode: 

Select ad hoc. 

• 

Channel: 

Select the channel. (

Auto Setting

 or 2412 MHz to 2467 MHz). 

• 

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. 

• 

Encryption: 

Select the encryption (None, WEP64, WEP128). 

• 

Network Key: 

Enter the encryption network key value. 

• 

Confirm Network Key: 

Confirm the encryption network key value. 

•  

WEP Key Index: 

If you are using WEP Encryption, select the appropriate 

WEP Key Index

. 

The wireless network security window appears when the ad hoc network 
has security setting. 

The wireless network security window appears. Select 

Open System

 or 

Shared Key 

for the authentication and click 

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. 

The window showing the wireless network setting appears. Check the 

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settings and click 

Next

. 

Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must know the 
computer’s network configuration information. If the computer’s network 
configuration is set to DHCP, the wireless network setting should also be 
DHCP. Likewise, if the computer’s network configuration is set to Static, the 
wireless network setting should also be Static. 

If your computer is set to DHCP and you want to use the Static wireless 
network setting, you must contact the network administrator to get the 
static IP address. 

•  

For the DHCP method 

If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if DHCP is shown in 
the 

Wireless Network Setting Confirm

 window. If it shows Static, click 

Change TCP/IP

 to change the assignment method to 

Receive IP 

address automatically (DHCP)

. 

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