Connecting to the TCP/IP Environment

[IP Application Method]

Select the method to assign the IP address to this machine according to your environment.

[Auto Input] is specified by default.

[Manual Input]

Assign the fixed IP address to this machine.

Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

[Auto Input]

Automatically assigns the IP address using DHCP or other protocols. Tapping [Auto Input] allows you to select an Auto Input option.

• [DHCP Settings]: [ON] is specified by default.

• [BOOTP Settings]: [OFF] is specified by default.

• [ARP/PING Settings]: [ON] is specified by default.

• [AUTO IP Settings]: [ON] is specified by default.

[ON]/[OFF]

Select whether to use IPv6.

[ON] is specified by default.

[Auto IPv6 Setting]

Select whether to automatically assign the IPv6 global address of this machine.

[ON] is specified by default.

[ON]

Automatically assigns the IPv6 global address based on the prefix length notified from the router and the MAC address of this machine.

[OFF]

Allows you to manually assign the IPv6 global address.

• [Global Address]: Enter the IPv6 global address.

• [Gateway Address]: Enter the gateway address.

• [Link-Local Address]: Displays the link-local address that is automatically specified from the MAC address of this machine.

[DHCPv6 Setting]

Select whether to automatically assign the IPv6 global address using DHCPv6.

[ON] is specified by default.

[DNS Host Name]

Enter the host name of this machine (using up to 63 characters).

If your DNS server does not support the Dynamic DNS function, register the host name of this machine on the DNS server.

[Dynamic DNS Setting]

Select whether to enable the Dynamic DNS function.

When your DNS server supports the Dynamic DNS function, the specified host name can be automatically registered on the DNS server or changes can be automatically updated as long as [Enable] is selected.

[Disable] is specified by default.

[Domain Name Auto Retrieval]

When using the DHCP or other protocols, select whether to automatically retrieve the domain name.

[Enable] is specified by default.

[Search Domain Name Auto Retrieval]

When using the DHCP or other protocols, select whether to automatically retrieve the search domain name.

[Enable] is specified by default.

[Default DNS Domain Name]

When not automatically retrieving the default domain name, enter the default domain name of this machine (using up to 253 bytes, including the host name).

[DNS Search Domain Name 1] to [DNS Search Domain Name 3]

When not automatically retrieving the search domain name, select a number to be registered, and enter the search domain name (using up to 251 characters).

[DNS Server Auto Obtain]

Select whether to automatically obtain the address of the DNS server.

[Enable] is specified by default.

[Primary DNS Server]

Enter the address of your primary DNS server.

[Secondary DNS Server 1] or [Secondary DNS Server 2]

When using multiple DNS servers, select a number to be registered, and enter the address of your secondary DNS server.

[DNS Server Auto Obtain]

Select whether to automatically obtain the address of the DNS server.

When using DHCPv6, the DNS server address can be specified automatically.

[Enable] is specified by default.

[Primary DNS Server]

Enter the address of your primary DNS server.

[Secondary DNS Server 1] or [Secondary DNS Server 2]

When using multiple DNS servers, select a number to be registered, and enter the address of your secondary DNS server.

[PING TX Address]

Enter the address used to send a ping.

Use one of the following formats.

• Example of host name entry: "host.example.com"

• Example of IP address (IPv4) entry: "192.168.1.1"

• Example of IP address (IPv6) entry: "fe80::220:6b.:fe10:2f16"

[Check Connection]

Send a ping to check that this machine has been correctly connected.

[Awake from ErP]

Select the method to return the machine from the ErP Auto Power Off mode.

• [OFF]: The machine is not returned from the ErP Auto Power Off mode.

• [Awake with Magic Packet]: The machine returns from the ErP Auto Power Off mode when receiving a magic packet.

• [Awake with ARP + Unicast Communication]: The machine returns from the ErP Auto Power Off mode when receiving a unicast communication packet.

[Awake with Magic Packet] is specified by default.

[Easy Setting (WPS)]

Configure a setting to automatically obtain connection information from an access point.

The access point must support the WPS function.

• [Push Button Method]: Select [Push Button Method], and tap [Start Operation] to try a connection with an access point.
  If you press the WPS setting button at the access point, settings such as SSID and security required for a connection are configured automatically.

• [PIN Method]: Select [PIN Method], and tap [Start Operation] to display the PIN code.
  If you enter the displayed PIN code at the access point, settings such as SSID and security required for a connection are configured automatically.
  This function requires a computer that contains Windows 7 or later as the operating system.

[Manual Setting]

Manually configure settings items such as SSID and the encryption scheme that are required for a connection.

• [SSID]: Enter the SSID of the wireless LAN access point connected to the machine (using up to 32 characters).

• [40 to 20 MHz Auto Switch]: Select [ON] to try a high-speed communication with 40MHz. [OFF] is specified by default.

• [Authentication/Encryption Algorithm]: Select the algorithm used for authentication or encryption.
  If [WEP] is selected, specify [Key Input Method] and [WEP Key]. To specify multiple WEP keys, select the required WEP keys in [Use key settings].
  If an algorithm other than WEP is selected, specify [Key Input Method] and [Passphrase].

[Connection Status]

Allows you to check the access point connected to this machine, the radio field intensity of the access point, and the current communication speed.

[Device Setting]

Allows you to check the MAC address of the wireless network adapter.

[Awake from ErP]

Select the method to return the machine from the ErP Auto Power Off mode.

• [OFF]: The machine is not returned from the ErP Auto Power Off mode.

• [Awake with Magic Packet]: The machine returns from the ErP Auto Power Off mode when receiving a magic packet.

• [Awake with ARP + Unicast Communication]: The machine returns from the ErP Auto Power Off mode when receiving a unicast communication packet.

[Awake with Magic Packet] is specified by default.

[AP Mode Setting]

Manually configure settings to use this machine as a wireless LAN access point.

• [SSID]: Enter the SSID to use this machine as a wireless LAN access point (using up to 32 bytes).

• [40 to 20 MHz Auto Switch]: Select [ON] to try a high-speed communication with 40MHz. [OFF] is specified by default.

• [Authentication/Encryption Algorithm]: Select the algorithm used for authentication or encryption. [No Authentication/Encryption] is specified by default.

• Specify [Key Input Method] and [WEP key] when [WEP] is selected in [Authentication/Encryption Algorithm]. To specify multiple WEP keys, select the required WEP keys in [Use key settings].

• Specify [Key Input Method] and [Passphrase] when an algorithm other than [WEP] is selected in [Authentication/Encryption Algorithm]. Also, specify whether to automatically update the passphrase in [Passphrase Auto Update]. To automatically update the passphrase, enter its update interval.

[Wireless Channel]

Set a wireless channel to be used by the access point.

Selecting [Auto] searches for a channel that is not being used for other access points, and automatically assigns it to the access point.

[Auto] is specified by default.

[ANY connection]

Select whether to allow ANY connection.

If [Restrict] is selected, the SSID cannot be detected automatically as an access point in the wireless LAN adapter side.

[Allow] is specified by default.

This option is displayed only when [Wired + Wireless (Wireless LAN Access Point)] is selected in [Network Interface Configuration].

[MAC Address Filtering]

Restricts wireless LAN adapters that can be connected to the access point using the MAC address.

Enter the MAC addresses of wireless LAN adapters that can be connected to the access point. MAC addresses of up to 16 devices can be registered.

This option is displayed only when [Wired + Wireless (Wireless LAN Access Point)] is selected in [Network Interface Configuration].

[DHCP Server Setting]

Configure a setting to use the DHCP server function.

• [Enable Setting]: Select whether to enable the DHCP server function. [Disable] is specified by default.

• [IPv4 Lease Address]: Specify the range of IPv4 addresses to be leased from the DHCP server when enabling the DHCP server function.

• [Subnet Mask]: Specify the subnet mask of the IPv4 address to be leased from the DHCP server when enabling the DHCP server function.

• [Lease Period]: Specify the lease period of the IPv4 address to be leased from the DHCP server when enabling the DHCP server function.

[Simultaneous Connection Setting]

Enter the number of devices that can be connected simultaneously to the access point.

[5] devices is specified by default.

[Radio Field Intensity Setting]

Select the radio field intensity of the access point from three levels (Low, Middle, and High).

[High] is specified by default.

[Device Setting]

Allows you to check the MAC address of the wireless network adapter.

[Show Connected Wireless LAN Adapters]

Displays a list of names and MAC addresses of wireless LAN adapters that are connected to the access point.

[Virtual SSID]

Displays the automatically generated virtual SSID when the device is used as a group owner of Wireless LAN Direct.

This option is displayed when [Wired + Wireless (Wi-Fi Direct)] is selected in [Network Interface Configuration].