HP Deskjet 6980 Printer series - Network name (SSID)

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

.

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