Dell 2130cn User Guide
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i. Click the Move up button to move the newly added SSID to the top of the list. j. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center . d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. 2. Check the IP address assigned by AutoIP on the printer. a. Press Menu on the printer control panel. b. Scroll down and select Admin Menu . c. Scroll down and select Network . d. Scroll down and select TCP/IP . e. Scroll down and select IPv4 . f. Scroll down and select IP Address . (Default IP address range: 169.254. xxx.yyy ) 3. Check that the IP address on your computer is assigned by DHCP. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer. IP Address 169.254.000.041 *
4. Open Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool using a WEB browser. 5. Create wireless setting of the printer on Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. 6. Reboot the printer. 7. Restore the wireless setting on your computer.
For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select Wireless Networks tab. d. Ensure the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. e. Click Advanced . f. Do either of the following: When wireless ad - hoc mode is set to the printer: Select Computer to Computer (ad hoc) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. When wireless infrastructure mode is set to the printer: Select Access point (Infrastructure) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. g. Click Add to display Wireless network properties . h. Enter the setting that you send to printer and click OK . i. Click Move up to move the setting to the top of the list. j. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center . d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Fixed IP network: 1. Create wireless setting of your computer following the steps below. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select the Wireless Networks tab. d. Ensure the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. e. Click the Advanced button. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below. NOTE: Be sure to write down the current wireless computer settings in steps d and f so that you can restore them later.
f. Select Computer to Computer (ad hoc) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. g. Click the Add button to display Wireless network properties . h. Under the Association tab, enter the following information and click OK . Network name (SSID): dell_device Network Authentication: Open Data encryption: Disabled Ad hoc network: checked i. Click the Move up button to move the newly added SSID to the top of the list. j. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center. d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. 2. Check the IP address on your computer. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer.
3. Set the IP address on the printer. a. Press Menu button. b. Scroll to Admin menu. c. Select Network . d. Select TCP/IP . e. Select Get IP Address . f. Select Panel . g. Scroll back to IP Address . h. Manually enter the IP address using the directional buttons on the control panel and press enter button. 4. Open Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool using WEB browser. IP Address 172.031.000.041 *
5. Change the wireless setting of the printer on Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. 6. Reboot the printer. 7. Restore the wireless setting on your computer. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select Wireless Networks tab. d. Ensure the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. e. Click Advanced . f. Do either of the following: When wireless ad - hoc mode is set to the printer: Select Computer to Computer (ad hoc) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. When wireless infrastructure mode is set to the printer: Select Access point (Infrastructure) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. g. Click Add to display Wireless network properties . h. Enter the setting that you send to printer and click OK . i. Click Move up to move the setting to the top of the list. j. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below.
For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center . d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. Wireless Setting through Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool - Advanced setup Access point (Infrastructure, DHCP network) 1. Create new wireless settings for your computer. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select the Wireless Networks tab. d. Ensure the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below. NOTE: Be sure to write down the current wireless computer settings in steps d and g so that you can restore them later.
e. Click the Advanced button. f. Select Computer to Computer (ad hoc) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box. g. Click the Add button to display Wireless network properties. h. Under the Association tab, enter the following information and click OK . Network name (SSID): dell_device Network Authentication: Open Data encryption: Disabled Ad hoc network: checked i. Click the Move up button to move the newly added SSID to the top of the list. j. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center . d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select dell_device from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. 2. Set up the printer wireless adapter IP address. a. Reset the settings for the wireless adapter to the default. i. Press Menu on printer control panel. ii. Scroll down and select Admin Menu . iii. Scroll down and select Network . iv. Scroll down and select Reset Wireless . v. Restart the printer. b. Retrieve the wireless adapter IP address on the printer. i. Press Menu on the printer control panel. ii. Scroll down and select Admin Menu . iii. Scroll down and select Network . iv. Scroll down and select TCP/IP . v. Scroll down and select IPv4 . vi. Scroll down and select IP Address . (Default IP address range: 169.254. xxx.yyy ) 3. Access Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool on your computer browser. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer. IP Address 169.254.000.041 *
a. Assign the PC IP address by DHCP mode (Change the TCP/IP properties to obtain the IP address automatically). b. Ensure your computer has the same IP address range as the printer wireless adapter. e.g. 169.254. xxx.zzz c. Access the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool using the WEB browser, and then type printer wireless adapter settings in the address field of the browser. e.g. http://169.254.xxx.yyy/ (Your wireless adapter IP address) d. Change wireless settings (SSID/ communication mode) from Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. i. Click Print Server Settings on the left navigational bar. ii. Click the Print Server Settings tab. iii. Click the TCP/IP sub - tab. iv. Select DHCP . v. Click the Apply New Settings button without restarting the printer (Ignore the screen instructions to restart the printer). vi. Click the Wireless LAN sub - tab. vii. Change the SSID setting (according to your Access point SSID) and change Network Type to Infrastructure . viii. Click the Apply New Settings button. 4. Once printer wireless adapter is properly configured, you may use the typical network printer installation method to complete driver installation. 5. To communicate with printer, you need to restore the previous wireless settings on your computer. 6. Restore the previous wireless settings for your computer.
For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select the Wireless Networks tab. d. Click the Advanced button. e. Select Access point (Infrastructure) networks only and close the Advanced dialog box (Applicable to printer with the wireless infrastructure mode). f. Select the setting that you send to the printer in the list in the Preferred Network group g. Click Move up to move the setting to the top of the list. h. Click OK to close the Property dialog box. For Windows Vista: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Internet . c. Select Network and Sharing Center . d. Select Connect to a network . e. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . f. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. g. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. For Windows Server 2008: a. Open Control Panel . b. Select Network and Sharing Center . c. Select Connect to a network . d. Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in Connect to a network . e. Select Connect Anyway in the warning dialog box indication indicating you are entering an unsecured area. f. Click Close in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a success. Access point (Infrastructure, Fixed IP network) 1. Ensure that the addresses of your computer and access point is in the same IP range. Match the subnet mask and gateway addresses of your computer to the access point settings. 2. Create new wireless settings of your computer by following the steps below. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: a. Select Network Connections from Control Panel. b. Right - click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties . c. Select the Wireless Networks tab. d. Ensure the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below. NOTE: When your operating system is earlier than Windows 2000, create settings according to the manual of the wireless settings tool provided by your wireless device manufacturer. NOTE: If your computer provides a wireless printer adapter tool, change the wireless settings using this tool. Or you can change the wireless settings using the tool provided by the operating system. See the instructions below.