Information you will need during advanced wireless setup

The Wireless Setup Utility does not detect the wireless network SSID for you during advanced wireless setup. You must know the following information before configuring the wireless printer settings manually:

Wireless Mode

Infrastructure—All devices on a wireless network communicate with each other through an access point (wireless router).

Network Name (SSID)

This is the identifying name that distinguishes a network from other networks in the area.

Channel

Auto is selected by default and cannot be changed if the network is configured in infrastructure mode.

Notes:

Authentication

Select the corresponding authentication type.

Note: Some authentication types may be available only in select printer models or operating systems.
Wireless mode and its available authentication types

Wireless mode

Authentication type

Infrastructure

  • Open Mode

  • Shared Mode

  • WPA Personal

  • WPA2-Personal

  • WPA2-Enterprise

  • 802.1X - RADIUS

  

Encryption

Check the encryption method used on your network.

Note: Some authentication types may be available only in select printer models or operating systems.
Authentication type and their encryption methods

Authentication type

Encryption method

Open Mode

  • None

  • WEP

Shared Mode

WEP

WPA Personal

TKIP

WPA2-Personal

  • TKIP

  • AES

WPA2-Enterprise

  • TKIP

  • AES

802.1X - RADIUS

  • None

  • WEP-DynamicKeys

  • WEP-StaticKeys

  • WPA-TKIP

  • WPA-AES