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Configuring the optional wireless card (macintosh), Configuration overview, Configuring your wireless print server – Dell 5210n Mono Laser Printer User Manual

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The option to set the Network Name (SSID) and Network Mode (Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure) using the printer operator panel is available for certain printer
models. See your printer documentation for information on navigating the printer menus to help locate the appropriate menu option. Menu names pertaining
to wireless settings may vary between different printer models.

Installing the Printer on the Network

 

Once the print server has been configured, insert the Drivers and Utilities CD. Click Network Installation — Install the printer for use on a network. For more
information, see

Installing Drivers for Network Printing

.

Installing a Network Printer on Additional Network Computers

 

If you are installing the network printer for use with multiple computers on the network, repeat the

Installing the Printer on the Network

process for each

computer that will have access to the printer. The wireless print server does not need to be reconfigured for each successive installation.

Configuring the Optional Wireless Card (Macintosh)

Configuration Overview

 

After the internal wireless print server has been installed in a printer, it must be configured for use on a wireless network. Configuring the print server involves
using Zero configuration networking to connect to the print server over the computer to computer (Ad-Hoc) wireless network and changing the print server
wireless network settings.

 

The configuration process accommodates networks that use either Infrastructure mode (in which the network structure is based on a series of wireless
routers or base stations) or Ad-Hoc mode (in which wireless devices communicate with each other directly without using a wireless router).

 

 

Before configuring the wireless print server, make sure your printer has been set up correctly:

 

l

The internal wireless print server option card has been installed correctly in the printer.

 

l

All access panels and printer doors have been replaced or closed.

 

l

The toner or print cartridges are installed correctly.

 

l

Paper has been loaded into the printer.

 

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The printer is turned on and ready to be installed.

Configuring Your Wireless Print Server

1.

In the Applications folder, open Internet Connect, and click the AirPort icon in the toolbar.

2.

In the Network pop-up menu, select the print server network.

3.

Open the Safari Web browser, and select Show All Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu.

4.

Select Rendezvous or Bonjour from the Collections column on the left-hand side of the window.

5.

In the right-hand column, double-click the MarkNet N8050 wireless print server bookmark.

NOTE:

This configuration method is not recommended for networks that include wireless security as the Network Name and Network Mode are the only

configurable wireless settings available through the printer operator panel.

Infrastructure mode

Ad-Hoc mode

 

 

NOTE:

If 802.1x — RADIUS is the intended Wireless Security Mode for the network, and a signed certificate and/or CA certificate is required for the

authentication method, see

Certificate Management

to establish the necessary certificates before continuing with the configuration process.