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Wireless network setup
Double-click the CD/DVD icon that appears on your Mac desktop.
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•
For Mac OS X 10.8, Double-click the CD/DVD icon that appears on
your Finder.
Double-click the
MAC_Installer
folder >
Installer OS X
icon.
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Click
Continue
.
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Read the license agreement and click
Continue
.
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Click
Agree
to agree to the license agreement.
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Click
Install
. All components necessary for machine operations will be
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installed.
If you click
Customize
, you can choose individual components to install.
Enter the password and click
OK
.
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Select
Wireless connection
on the
Printer Connection Type
and click
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Continue
.
After searching the wireless networks, a list of wireless networks your
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machine has searched appears. Click the
Advanced Settings
button.
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Enter the wireless Network Name:
Enter the SSID name (SSID is case-
sensitive).
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Operation Mode:
Select ad hoc.
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Channel:
Select the channel (
Auto Setting
or 2412 MHz to 2467 MHz).
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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.
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Encryption:
Select the encryption (None, WEP64, WEP128).
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Network Password:
Enter the encryption Network Password value.
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Confirm Network Password:
Confirm the encryption Network
Password value.
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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.
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.
2. Using a Network-Connected Machine
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