A valid WPA passphrase has:
•
Exactly 64 hexadecimal characters. Hexadecimal characters are A–F, a–f, and 0–9.
or
•
From 8 to 63 ASCII characters. ASCII characters are letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols found on a
keyboard. ASCII characters in a WPA passphrase are case-sensitive.
Every device on the wireless network must use the same WPA passphrase. WPA security is an option only on
infrastructure networks with access points (wireless routers) and network cards that support WPA. Most newer
wireless network equipment also offer WPA2 security as an option.
Note:
If your network uses WPA or WPA2 security, then select
WPA Personal
when you are prompted to select the
type of security your network uses.
Printing a network setup page
A
network setup page
lists the configuration settings of the printer, including the IP address and MAC address of the
printer.
1
Load plain paper.
2
From the printer control panel, press
.
3
Press the arrow buttons to scroll to
Network Setup
, and then press
.
4
Press
to select
Print Setup Page
.
The network setup page prints.
Information you will need to set up the printer on a wireless
network
To set up the printer for wireless printing, you need to know:
•
The name of your wireless network, which is also known as the
SSID
(Service Set Identifier)
•
If encryption was used to secure your network
•
The security key (either a WEP key or WPA/WPA2 passphrase)
To locate the network WEP key or WPA/WPA2 passphrase, view your access point (wireless router) settings and
check the security information.
If your access point is using WEP security, then the WEP key should be:
•
Exactly 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters. Hexadecimal characters are A–F, a–f, and 0–9.
or
•
Exactly 5 or 13 ASCII characters. ASCII characters are letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols found on a
keyboard.
If your access point is using WPA or WPA2 security, then the WPA passphrase should be:
•
Exactly 64 hexadecimal characters. Hexadecimal characters are A–F, a–f, and 0–9.
or
•
From 8 to 63 ASCII characters. ASCII characters are letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols found on a
keyboard. ASCII characters in a WPA passphrase are case-sensitive.
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