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Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s
wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be
always enabled.
Mode is the operation mode of wireless station. You
can choose ether “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure” mode. If you
do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer
connection, you have to choose “Ad Hoc” mode. If you
have an access point as the wireless LAN infrastructure,
you have to choose “Infrastructure” mode.
ESSID is the unique name identified by in a wireless
LAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-
located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all
stations and access points in the same WLAN network are
the same.
Channel Number is the channel number of your
wireless LAN. Please make sure that the channel number of
all stations and access points in the same WLAN network
are the same.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless
network technology which makes wireless network setup
become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless
access point, and you want to establish a secure connection
to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point
and setup data encryption by yourself. All you have to do is
to go to the WPS setup page of this print server, click a
button, and then press a specific button or enter a set of 8-
digit code on the wireless access point you wish to
establish a secure connection - just three simple steps!