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Canon PIXMA G5020 Wireless MegaTank Printer User Manual

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3.

Click

TCP/IP

to check the IP address, or click

Hardware

to check the MAC address.

Checking Communication Between the Computer, the Printer, and the

Wireless Router

Perform a ping test to check if communication is taking place.

For Windows:

1.

Select

Command Prompt

as shown below.

In Windows 10, right-click

Start

and select

Command Prompt

.

In Windows 8.1, select

Command Prompt

from the

Start

screen. If

Command Prompt

is not

displayed on the

Start

screen, select the

Search

charm and search for "

Command Prompt

".

In Windows 7, click

Start

>

All Programs

>

Accessories

>

Command Prompt

.

2.

Type the ping command and press

Enter

.

The ping command is as follows: ping XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

"XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" is the IP address of the target device.

If communication is taking place, a message like the one shown below appears.

Reply from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255

If

Request timed out

appears, communication is not taking place.

For macOS:

1.

Start

Network Utility

as shown below.

Select

Computer

from

Go

menu of Finder, double-click

Macintosh HD

>

System

>

Library

>

CoreServices

>

Applications

>

Network Utility

.

2.

Click

Ping

.

3.

Make sure

Send only XX pings

(XX are numbers) is selected.

4.

Enter IP address of target printer or target wireless router in

Enter the network

address to ping

.

5.

Click

Ping

.

"XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" is the IP address of the target device.

A message such as the following appears.

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