Toshiba WIRELESS LAN MODULE GN-1050 manual

MULTIFUNCTIONAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS Operator's Manual for Wireless LAN Module GN-1050[...]

©2008, 2009 TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION All rig hts reserved Under the copyright laws, this manual ca n not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of TTEC. No patent li ab ility is assumed, however, with respect to the use of the information contained herein.[...]

Preface 1 Preface Thank you for purchasing TOSHIBA Multifunctional Digi tal Syst ems or Multifunctional Digita l Co lor Systems. This manual explains the instructions for Wireless LAN Module GN-1050. Read this manual before using you r Multifunctional Digital Systems or Multifunctional Digital Color Systems. Keep this manual within ea sy reach, and[...]

2 Prefac e  T rademarks y The official name of Windows 2000 is Microsoft Windows 2 000 Operatin g System. y The official name of Windows XP is Microsoft Windows XP Operating System. y The official name of Windows Vista is Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System. y The official name of Windows 7 i s Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. y The of[...]

Precautions 3 Precautions  Precautions for Use This product is classified as “wireless equipment for st ations of low-power data transmissions systems” under the Wireless T elegraphy Act, and does not require a radio transmission licens e. The law prohibits modification of the interio r of this product.  About TOSHIBA W ireless Solution T[...]

4 Precautions W ARNING NOTE Do not use the product in the following places: Places near a microwave oven where a magnetic field generates an d places where static electricity or radio interference generates. Depending on en vironment, radio waves can not reach to the product. Bluetooth™ and Wireless LAN devices operate within the same radio frequ[...]

Precautions 5  Regulatory Information The TOSHIBA Wireless LAN must be i nstalled and used in st rict accordance with the manu facturer ’s instructions as described in the user documentation that comes with the product. This device comp lies w ith the following ra dio frequency and safety standards. S tandards below are certified under the o p[...]

6 Precautions  USA-Federal Communicati ons Commission (FCC) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These l imits are designed to p rovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and[...]

Precautions 7  Regulatory Notice for Channel Use in France The number of channels that can be used for wireless LAN differs from country to country . In France how ever , user onl y 4 channels (channel 10, 1 1, 12, 13) when using wireless networks. y Channel 10 (2457 MHz) y Channel 1 1 (2462 MHz) y Channel 12 (2467 MHz) y Channel 13 (2472 MHz) ?[...]

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CONTENTS 9 CONTENTS Preface ............... ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. .................... 1 Precautions ................. ................ ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ......... ........... 3 Chapter 1 SETTING UP WIREL[...]

10 CONTENTS[...]

1. SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK This chapter describes about the preparations befor e setting up the wireless setting s of the equipment. Before Setting Up Wireless Network ... .......................................................................... ....... 12 Planning for installation ................ ................. .................... ......[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 12 Before Setting Up Wireless Network Before Setting Up Wireless Network This product is a Wireless LAN Module using the 2.4 GHz spectrum diff usi on system, and is compatible with IEEE S tandard 802.1 1g an d 802.1 1b for wireless LAN. When the Wireless LAN is enabled, users can perform the following printing through [...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Before Setting Up Wireless N etwork 13 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Determine the SSID In the wireless network, the same SSID (Ser vice Set ID) must be a ssigned in each wireless device. On ly wireless devices that have the same SSID assigned to them can co mmunicate with each other through the wirele ss network. [...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 14 Before Setting Up Wireless Network WEP The WEP is a data encryption method using the WEP ke y between the Access Point a nd other wireless devices. Compared with WP A/WP A2 and WP APSK/WP A2PSK, the WEP is less security . If the wireless network is configured in the Infrastructure Mode and th e Access Point supports[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 15 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode The wireless settings can be operated from the Control Panel of this equipment. When setting up the equipment for the wireless network in the Infra structure Mode, follow the steps below . 1. Select the network type  P .15 “Select network typ[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 16 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 5 Press the [WIRELESS SETTINGS]. The WIRELESS SETTINGS menu is displayed. 6 Press the [WIRELESS SETTINGS]. The WIRELESS SETTINGS screen is displayed. It may take a time to disp lay the WIRELESS SETTINGS screen. 7 Press the [ON] and press the [NEXT]. The NETWORK TYPE screen is displ[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 17 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 8 Press the [INFRASTRUCTURE] and press the [NEXT]. 9 The SSID SETTINGS screen displayed. Continue to the procedure for specifying the SSID.  P .18 “Specify SSID”[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 18 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode  Specify SSID When you select the Infrastruc ture Mode for the network type, you can specify the SSID by se le cting the available network list or manually entering the SSID.  P .18 “Selecting the SSID from the available network list”  P .19 “Entering the SSID manual[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 19 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 3 Press the [NEXT]. 4 The WIRELESS LAN SECURITY SETTINGS screen is displayed. Continue to the procedure fo r specifying the security mode.  P .21 “Select security mode”  Entering the SSID manually 1 Press the [SSID]. The letter entry screen i[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 20 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 2 Enter the SSID using the keyboard and digit al keys and press the [OK]. The screen returns to the SSID SETTINGS screen. 3 Press the [NEXT]. 4 The WIRELESS LAN SECURITY SETTINGS screen is displayed. Continue to the procedure fo r specifying the security mode.  P .21 “Select s[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 21 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Select security mode After specifying the SSID, you must select the security mode for your wireless network. The procedure to configure the security mode varies depend ing on the security mode that you select.  P .21 “Selecting WP A/ WP A2 sec[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 22 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 2 Press the [EAP-TLS] and press the [NEXT]. The WIRELESS AUTHENTICA TION ( EAP-TLS) screen is displayed. Setting PMK cache When the [WP A2] is selected in step 1, the PMK cache can be switched to ON or OFF . When the [WP A] is selected, the item for setting PMK cache is not display[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 23 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 5 Press the [NEXT]. The WIRELESS AUTHENTICA TION - USER CERTIFICA TION screen is displayed . 6 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y [USER CERTIFICA TE] Press this to enter the file name of t he user certification file t hat you install [...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 24 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 7 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y ENCODING FORMA T Select the encoding fo rmat of the CA certification file. y [CA CERTIFICA TE] Press this to enter the file name of t he CA certification file that you install in the equipment using T opAccess. If the specified[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 25 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 9 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y ENCR YPTION BETWEEN AP AND ST A. Select the encryption type that is used for the co mmunication between Access Point and this equipment. [TKIP] — Select this to use T KIP encryption. The TKIP pro[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 26 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 11 Confirm the settings and press the [FINISH]. The shutdown screen is displayed. If you want to change the settings, press the [PREV] to move back to the screen that you want to change and then repeat the operation. 12 Press the [YES] to shut down the equipment. The wireless setti[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 27 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Selecting WP A/WP A2 securi ty mode with PEAP protocol Using the WP A/WP A2 with the PEAP protocol, you must install the CA certification f ile in the equipmen t. This equipment uses the user name and password to authenticate the access rights to t[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 28 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 3 Enter the following items and press the [NEXT] . y [EAP USER NAME] Press this to enter the EAP user name that is used for the authentication. In the EAP USER NAME, enter the user name in “User Name@FQDN” format. Example: wl anuser@toshiba.com y [EAP P ASSWORD] Press this to e[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 29 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 5 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y FULL AGREEMENT of SERVER NAME Select the [ON] to confirm whether th e RADIUS server name in the server ce rtification file and the input RADIUS server name is same or not. When the [ON ] button is [...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 30 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 7 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y TRANSMIT POWER Select the low transmit power if you wan t to limit the area that the wireless communication is enabled. If you do not have to limit the area, select [100%]. y TRANSMIT RA TE Select the transmit data capa city fo[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 31 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Selecting WP APSK/WP A2PSK security mode The WP APSK/WP A2PSK is an auth entication method using the PSK (Pre-Sha red Key) between the Access Point and other wireless devices. T o access the wireless network using the WP APSK/WP A2PSK authenticatio[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 32 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 3 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y TRANSMIT POWER Select the low transmit power if you wan t to limit the area that the wireless communication is enabled. If you do not have to limit the area, select [100%]. y TRANSMIT RA TE Select the transmit data capa city fo[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 33 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Selecting WEP security mode The WEP is a data encryption method using the WEP ke y between the Access Point a nd other wireless devices. Compared with WP A/WP A2 and WP APSK/WP A2PSK, the WEP is less security . If the wireless network is configured[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 34 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 3 Specify the following ite ms and press the [NEXT]. y TRANSMIT POWER Select the low transmit power if you want to limit the area that the wirele ss communica tion is enabled. If you do not have to limit the area, select [100%]. y TRANSMIT RA TE Select the transmit data capa city f[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 35 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK  Selecting no security mode Y ou can also set no secu rity for wireless access. If you do not set no security , anyone how knows the SSID can connect to the wireless network. The refore, it is recommended to set the security if it is possible. 1 Pre[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 36 Setting Up the Infrastructure Mode 3 Confirm the settings and press the [FINISH]. The shutdown screen is displayed. If you want to change the settings, press the [PREV] to move back to the screen that you want to change and then repeat the operation. 4 Press the [YES] to shut down the equipment. The wireless settin [...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 37 Setting up the Ad Hoc Mo de The wireless settings can be operated from the Control Panel of this equipment. When setting up the equipment for the wireless network in the Infra structure Mode, follow the steps below . 1. Select the network type  P .37 “Select network type” 2. S pecif[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 38 Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 5 Press the [WIRELESS SETTINGS]. The WIRELESS SETTINGS menu is displayed. 6 Press the [WIRELESS SETTINGS]. The WIRELESS SETTINGS screen is displayed. 7 Press the [ON] and press the [NEXT]. The NETWORK TYPE screen is displayed.[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 39 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 8 Press the [AD HOC] and press the [NEXT]. Y ou can specify the betwee n 1 to 1 1 for the channel. Howe ver , if there is a channel th at has already been used for Ad Hoc network, use the same chann el. 9 The SSID SETTINGS screen displayed. Continue to the pro[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 40 Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode  Specify SSID When you select the Ad Hoc Mode for the netwo rk type, you can specify the SSID by entering the SSID ma nually . If you are not sure how the SSID must be specif ied, see the following section to determine the SSID.  P .13 “Dete rmine the SSID” 1 Press the [SSID]. Th[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 41 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 4 The WIRELESS LAN SECURITY SETTINGS screen is displayed. Continue to the procedure fo r specifying the security mode.  P .21 “Select security mode”[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 42 Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode  Select security mode After specifying the SSID, you must select the security mode for your wireless network. The procedure to configure the security mode varies depend ing on the security mode that you select.  P .42 “Selecting WEP security mode”  P .44 “Selecting no securi[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 43 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 3 Select the transmit power and press the [NEXT]. Select the low transmit power if you want to limit the area that the wirele ss communica tion is enabled. If you do not have to limit the area, select [100%]. 4 Confirm the settings and press the [FINISH]. The [...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 44 Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode  Selecting no security mode Y ou can also set no secu rity for wireless access. If you do not set no security , anyone how knows the SSID can connect to the wireless network. The refore, it is recommended to set the security if it is possible. 1 Press the [NONE] and press the [NEXT]. Th[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Setting up the Ad Hoc Mode 45 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 4 Press the [YES] to shut down the equipment. The wireless settin gs apply after restarting the equipment.[...]

1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 46 Disabling Wireless Network Disabling Wireless Network When you enable the wireless network, the on-board NIC (Network Interface Card) will be disabled. If you want to connect the equipment to wired network vi a the on-board NIC, you must disable the wireless netwo rk. 1 Press the [USER FUNCTIONS] button on the contr[...]

1.SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK Disabling Wireless Network 47 1 SETTING UP WIRELESS NETWORK 6 Press the [WIRELESS SETTINGS]. The WIRELESS SETTINGS screen is displayed. 7 Press the [OFF] and press the [NEXT]. The NETWORK TYPE screen is displayed. 8 Press the [FINISH]. The shutdown screen is displayed. 9 Press the [YES] to shut down the equipment. The [...]

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2. APPENDIX This chapter describes the specification and glossary of terms. Specification .......... ............................................................... ......................................... ......... 50 T roubleshooting .............................................. ..................................................................[...]

2 APPENDIX 50 Specification Specification Item Description T ransmission Format IEEE 1802.1 1g standard Direct Sequence S pread S pectrum (DSSS) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Data T ransmission S peed 54, 24, 1 1, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps (fixed/automatic) Access Method CSMA/CA T ransmission Packet IEEE 802.1 1g frame Wireless Category Lo[...]

2 APPENDIX Troubleshooting 51 T roubleshooting When Error Messages are Dis played If any error messages are displayed on the touch panel, see the followin g table to troubl eshoot the problems for the Wireless LAN. When Cannot Connect to TOSHIBA MFP When you cannot connect to this equipment, reboot it *. If you still cannot, check th e following re[...]

2 APPENDIX 52 Glossary Glossary Ad hoc mode A type of network for wireless LAN comm unications. In this mode a network is easily built because no access point is required. However , this mode is not available for multiple simultaneous communications du e to its poor extensibility; in other words, it is unsuitable for wireless LAN communication conn[...]

2.APPENDIX Glossary 53 2 APPENDIX SSID (Service Set ID) A network ID for wireless LAN communications. T o identify termi nals or access points that belong to the same wireless LAN network, the same SSID must be set for each device. Communications among devices with different SSIDs are not available.[...]

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INDEX 55 INDEX A AD HOC ............... ............. ............. ................ ..........39 Ad Hoc Mode .............. ............. ................ ............. ....12 AES (CCMP) ............... ............. ................ ............. ....13 AVAILABLE NETWORK ............... ............. ................. 18 C CA CERTIFICATE ....... [...]

56 INDEX[...]

GN-1050 OME080038D0[...]

2-17-2, HIGASHIGOT ANDA, SHINAGA WA-KU, TOKYO, 141-8664, JAP AN MUL TIFUNCTIONAL DIGIT AL S YSTEMS Operator ’s Manual for Wireless LAN Module GN-1050 ©2008, 2009 TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION All rig hts reserved R071220F2104-TT EC Ver04 2009-1 2[...]