User Guide

Communication mode:
There are two communication mode options for an 802.11 connection:
• Ad hoc (recommended): On an ad hoc network, the device is set to ad hoc
communication mode and communicates directly with other wireless devices
without the use of a wireless access point (WAP).
• Infrastructure: On an infrastructure network, the device is set to infrastructure
communication mode and communicates with other devices on the network,
whether the devices are wired or wireless, through a WAP. WAPs commonly act
as routers or gateways on small networks.
Wireless security settings
• Network authentication: The device’s factory default setting is Open network. The
network does not require security for authorization or encryption.
• Data encryption: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) provides security by encrypting
data sent over radio waves from one wireless device to another wireless device.
Devices on a WEP-enabled network use WEP keys to encode data. If your
network uses WEP, you must know the WEP key(s) it uses.
If you set Data encryption to disabled, the device will attempt to detect and
automatically associate to open wireless network named hpsetup.
All devices on the ad hoc network must:
◦ Be 802.11-compatible
◦ Have ad hoc as the communication mode
◦ Have the same network name SSID
◦ Be on the same subnet
◦ Be on the same channel
◦ Have the same 802.11 security settings
Set up for 802.11 using factory defaults
The factory default wireless network settings are:
• Communication mode: ad hoc
• Network name (SSID): hpsetup
• Security (encryption): disabled
NOTE: On the Mac OS, an ad hoc network is referred to as a computer to
computer network.
This section covers the following topics:
•
To set up using ad hoc mode and factory defaults with a USB cable (Windows and
Mac OS)
•
To set up using ad hoc mode and factory defaults with no USB cable (Windows)
•
To set up a computer to computer (ad hoc) connection using factory defaults with
no USB cable (Mac OS)
Chapter 4
52 Configure and manage