
4 Establishing an HP Wireless Classroom
Network
This section describes how to establish an HP Wireless Classroom Network and provides details for
troubleshooting wireless connections. If you plan to use Connectivity Kit with the USB cable only, you can skip
this section.
About the wireless network
Connectivity Kit establishes your wireless classroom network using the following items:
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An antenna, provided in the HP Prime Wireless Kit, for connecting up to 30 HP Prime calculators. You can
use up to three antennas in a single classroom network.
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The wireless module for the HP Prime calculator.
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An SSID name to identify each antenna in the network to an HP Prime calculator.
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A channel for each antenna to send and receive signals.
Connectivity Kit establishes the wireless network via one to three antennas to identify itself to the available
HP Prime calculators. Each antenna in the Connectivity Kit network uses a default SSID name: HP_Class_1,
HP_Class_2, and HP_Class_3. You can change these names to something more unique to make sure that two
nearby networks do not have the same name and that your students can identify the correct antenna if more
than one is available (see Changing the SSID on page 9). By default, Connectivity Kit chooses a default
channel for each antenna to minimize interference. You can manually change the channel if it encounters
interference from another antenna or other networks in the area.
Setting up a network with multiple antennas
1. Connect up to three antennas to USB ports on your computer.
2. Start HP Connectivity Kit.
3. On the menu bar, click Edit and then select Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.
4. If your class is using the HP Prime app on a tablet or other device, select Enable Network under IP
Networking.
5. Verify that all devices running the HP Prime app and the computer running HP Connectivity Kit are on the
same subnet, and then verify that UDP broadcast packets are not blocked by the network administrator.
NOTE: If you do not complete this step, the devices might not be able to discover HP Connectivity Kit
and join the classroom network.
6. There are two areas in the dialog box for connections to HP Prime calculators: Wireless-1 and
Wireless-2. For each connected antenna, the radio frequency (RF) version for that antenna is identied
by number; open antenna slots are identied by the text No adapter found. Enter a unique SSID for each
connected antenna.
For example, under Wireless-1, enter My Class 1. Under Wireless-2, enter My Class 2.
TIP: Optionally, you can manually select channels for each antenna.
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