
How to configure a Toshiba Wireless LCD Projector to infrastructure mode under Windows XP
- Document ID: 98080571
- Posted Date: 2003-04-10
- Last Updated: 2003-04-10
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- Information
Note: This Technical Note assumes that you have performed the configuration steps in the Technical Note called "How to Setup Wireless Connectivity to a Toshiba Wireless LCD Projector under Windows XP - 98080568" and have successful wireless communication in Ad-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer mode.
- Configuring the projector from Ad-hoc to
Infrastructure mode.
a. Double-click the Projector Configuration Tool icon on the Windows XP desktop or click Start > All Programs > Toshiba Data Projector > Projector Configuration Tool.
b. Click the Search button. "Search in progress. Please wait." will be displayed in the Hint area. Within a few seconds "n Projector(s) are found. Select Projector and acquire data." will be displayed. If "Projector was not found" is displayed, check that the projector is plugged into a known good wall outlet and both the On LED on the projector and the power LED on the Toshiba Gold Wireless PC card are lit up.
c. Available projectors within range will be listed in the Projector Selection drop-down. Select the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the projector whose settings that you want to change. "Succeeded in retrieving data" will be displayed in the Hint area once the settings of the projector have been retrieved. If "Failed in retrieving data" is displayed in the Hint area, reselect the MAC address of the projector from the Projector Selection drop-down. Note: If there are multiple wireless projectors in range, there will be several MAC addresses listed. There are two options for viewing the MAC address without having to remove the PC card from the projector and looking at the label on the back of the card. The first is by selecting PC Card as the input device and provided there is no wireless connection being made, this information will be displayed automatically. The second way is by pressing the Menu button twice with PC card selected as the input device.
d. Change the settings on this page to the desired settings. Select "Infrastructure" from the Communications Mode drop-down. Change the SSID (Wireless network name) to match the SSID of the access point on the wireless network you will be using. Change the Projector Name if desired. You may want to do this if you have more than one Toshiba wireless LCD projector within range to make it easier to identify the projectors. Change the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway to match that of the LAN (Local Area Network). This information can be obtained dynamically if the DHCP option is set to "Used" (there must be a DHCP server on the LAN) or entered manually if set to "Not used". Select the Encryption type, if desired, and enter a Key. The Encryption type and Encryption Key must be the same as that on the access point. Toshiba wireless LCD projectors only support the entry of the Key as an alphanumeric value, rather than hexadecimal. As alphanumeric is not standardized amongst the various vendors of Wireless cards, it is not recommended that encryption be used unless the wireless card used in the computer(s) are based on the Agere/Lucent chipset. The Toshiba Wireless Gold PC card supports up to 128-bit encryption.
e. Click the Settings button to write the changes to the projector. Before doing this, make sure that the settings you entered in step d above are correct. The message "Data transmission has started" will be displayed in the Hint area as the changes are being sent to the projector. The message "Setting completed" will be displayed once the settings are saved. In the event that the save failed, verify the settings and click the Settings button again.
f. Click Exit to close the Projector Configuration Tool.
g. Click Yes to confirm.
- Configuring the computer from Ad-hoc to Infrastructure
mode.
a. Click Start > Control Panel.
b. Click the Network and Internet Connections link.
c. Click the Network Connections link.
d. Verify that the Wireless Network Connection is enabled. The word Enabled will be between the name of the connection and name of the wireless LAN card. If it is Disabled, right-click the Wireless Network Connection and select Enable.
e. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection and select Properties.
f. On the General tab, click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) listed under "This connection uses the following items:" to highlight it then click the Properties button.
g. Configure the TCP/IP properties to that of the LAN (Local Area Network).
h. Click OK to accept the settings and close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box.
i. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
j. Click the Advanced button.
k. Click the radio button next to "Any available network (access point preferred)" or "Access point (infrastructure) networks only". Leave all other settings in this dialog box alone.
l. Click the Close button to accept the settings and close the Advanced dialog box.
m. Check the list under Preferred networks for the desired SSID (wireless network name) assigned to the access point. If the SSID is listed under Preferred networks, click once on it to select it. If the desired SSID is not at the top of the Preferred networks list, click the "Move up" button until it is. Continue with step o; otherwise, continue with step n.
n. Check the list under Available networks for the desired SSID (wireless network name) assigned to the access point. If the SSID is listed under Available networks, click once on the wireless network name then click the Configure button. If the SSID is not listed under Available networks, see your LAN administrator for configuration assistance.
o. If your access point is set up with encryption enabled, place a check in the box next to "Data encryption (WEP enabled), and configure the encryption settings to match the access point. Otherwise, continue with step p.
p. Click OK to accept the settings and close the Wireless Network Properties dialog box.
q. Click OK to close the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box. Note: There will be slight pause after OK is clicked as the wireless connection is initialized.
r. Click the X in the upper right corner of the Network Connections window to close it.
- Configuring the projector from Ad-hoc to
Infrastructure mode.
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