HP Deskjet 6980 User Guide - Windows 2000 - Page 28

Chapter 4 When the laptop is being used at work, the person must set the wireless profile to at_work in order to connect to the office network. Conversely, the laptop must be set to the at_home wireless profile when the person is at home and wants to connect the laptop to the home network. Network name (SSID) A network name, or "Service Set Identifier (SSID)," identifies a particular wireless network. In order to operate on a network, a device must know the network's name. A wireless network only has one network name. A given location, such as an office, might have several wireless networks, each with a different network name. Wireless devices use network names to identify overlapping wireless networks. Caution To prevent other users from accessing the wireless network, HP strongly recommends setting a password or passphrase and a unique SSID in your access point. The access point might have been shipped with a default SSID which can be accessed by others using the same default SSID. For more information on how to change the SSID, see the documentation that came with your access point. Example The printer is in an office with two wireless infrastructure networks. Each network has a Wireless Access Point (WAP). Note In this example, both wireless networks have the same security settings. 1 Network name equals "network_1" 2 Network name equals "network_2" The network name for one wireless network is network_1. The network name for the other wireless network is network_2. The printer is configured for network_1 The printer's network name (SSID) setting has been configured for network_1. The printer can only communicate to network_1. In other words, the printer can only accept print jobs from network_1. 26 HP Deskjet 6980 series