When security settings on the wireless LAN router/access point are changed

Article ID: ART135738 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 11/04/2015
 

Description

Certain settings on the wireless LAN router or access point will not allow connection/communication with the machine.

Solution

Certain settings on the wireless LAN router or access point will not allow connection/communication with the machine.
Connection/communication with the machine is not possible under the following settings.

For information on wireless LAN router or access point settings, refer to the instruction manual of the wireless LAN router or access point, or contact the manufacturer.
The machine is not able to find the wireless LAN router/access point for the following
Stealth function: Enabled
-A function that prevents a wireless LAN router or access point from displaying its SSID on other devices.
To connect without disabling the stealth function, enter the settings manually.
"Setting by Manually Entering SSID"
Deny ANY: Enabled
-A function on a wireless LAN router or access point that denies connection with a device whose SSID is set to "Any" or is left empty.
To connect without disabling Deny ANY, enter the settings manually.
"Setting by Manually Entering SSID"
Channels: Ch.1 through Ch.11 (US)
-Channels used for communication. When multiple networks are used, to avoid interference between the channels, each network will be set to a channel that is as far apart from other network channels as possible such as Ch.1, Ch.6, and Ch.11.
The machine cannot connect with the wireless LAN router/access point
MAC address filtering: The MAC addresses of the machine or certain computers are denied access.
-A function on the wireless LAN router or access point that denies communication with all devices other than those whose MAC addresses (a unique identifier number given to each device) are registered in the wireless LAN router or access point.
The Remote UI is not displayed because the machine cannot communicate with the wireless LAN router/access point
WEP key number that you are using: Set from 2 to 4

To communicate without changing the settings of the wireless LAN router/access point, input the settings manually.

"Setting by Manually Entering SSID"
Automatically generated WEP key on wireless LAN router or access point (Hexadecimal)
To communicate without changing the settings of the wireless LAN router/access point, input the settings manually.

"Setting by Manually Entering SSID"
An encryption method used when only IEEE802.11n communication is used: TKIP


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