The Printer Could Not Be Connected To The Specified Access Point Is Displayed During Setup; The Another Access Point With The Same Ssid Exists Is Displayed During Setup; The New Port Could Not Be Created Is Displayed During Setup; The Set Printer Ip Address Screen Is Displayed During Setup - Canon MX860 - PIXMA Color Inkjet Troubleshooting Manual

5.3 The Printer could not be connected to the specified access point is displayed
during setup
This message is displayed when the machine could not connect to the target access point.
Clicking the OK displays the Access Points screen. For details, refer to "2.2 Cannot connect to
the target access point" on page 2.
5.4

The Another access point with the same SSID exists is displayed during setup

Cancel the current setup and change the SSID of the access point, then start the setup again.
5.5

The New port could not be created is displayed during setup

Uninstall the drivers, then setup the machine again following the procedures in "Install the
Software" and onward in the printed manual: Getting Started.
5.6

The Set Printer IP Address screen is displayed during setup

The following screen is displayed if no machine was detected on the network. Make sure of the
following, and click the Connect.
• The network devices are turned on, and the machine and the computer are connected to the
network.
• The machine and the computer are connected with the USB cable.
• The IP address to be set for the machine is displayed on the Set Printer IP Address screen.
If it is different from the address you want to set for the machine, select Use next IP address
and enter the desired IP address.
(If the machine is turned off, the Set Printer IP Address screen does not appear.)
If it still fails, specify the IP address of the machine and click Connect to retry the detection of the
machine.
(A)
(C)
(A) Get IP address automatically
Select to use an IP address provided by a DHCP server. This requires that the DHCP function is
enabled on the router or access point.
(B) Use next IP address
Select to manually specify an IP address, for example if there is no DHCP server functionality in
the network environment in which you are using the machine.
5.6 The Set Printer IP Address screen is displayed during setup (continued)
(C) IP Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway
Enter each value to specify a fixed IP address when Use next IP Address is selected.
(D) Network Information
Displays the Network Information dialog box.
Click this button to confirm network settings when your access point or your machine cannot be
detected automatically during setup for use over the network. This button is enabled when an
access point was not detected or could not be connected.
(E) Connect
Searches for the machine with the specified settings.
If the machine is still not be detected with a specified IP address, refer to "4.1 The machine is not
detected" on page 3.
(A) TCP/IP Setting
Select Get IP address automatically or Use following IP address. Select Get IP address
automatically to use an IP address provided by a DHCP server. This requires that the DHCP
function is enabled on the router. Select Use following IP address to manually specify an IP
address, for example if there is no DHCP server functionality in the network environment in which
you are using the machine.
(B) IP Address/Subnet Mask/Router
Enter each value to specify a fixed IP address when Use following IP address is selected.
(C) Network Information
Displays the Network Information window.
(B)
Click this button to confirm network settings when your access point or your machine cannot be
detected automatically during setup for use over the network. This button is enabled when an
access point was not detected or could not be connected.
(D) Connect
(D)
Searches for the machine with the specified settings.
(E)
If the machine is still not be detected with a specified IP address, refer to "4.1 The machine is not
detected" on page 3.
• Clicking the Back displays the Access Points dialog box.
(A)
(B)
(C)
• Clicking the Back displays the Access Points dialog.
(D)