Re: getting wireless printer to work in WPA personal mode

VincentVega wrote:

> I have a canon pixma ip4000r that was working fine for me when I had a
> wireless router in 'no security' mode. now that i've set it up in WPA
> personal mode, i don't quite know how to reconfigure the printer to work in
> WPA personal.
>
> unless my hp photosmart printer (which i could reconfigure from the printer
> side), I don't see any options on the printer/properties panel to set
> security/passwords etc. any tips on how to get going.

What happened to the Network Guide that came with your printer?
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...&modelid=10438

You need to access the printer's web-based configuration utility rather
than using the front panel, although you *can* print out the IP address
and other network info using the front panel.

You might be able to reconfigure wireless encryption by changing your
router back to no security and accessing the printer's utility using
either the BJ Network Tool or by simply entering the printer's IP
address in your web browser. However, as soon as you change the
printer's configuration to use WPA, you'll lose the connection. A
perhaps safer way would be to connect the printer to the computer using
an Ethernet cable or a USB cable.

Note that this printer apparently is only capable of WPA-PSK (TKIP). If
you find that there is an option for WPA-PSK (AES) use that (assuming
that the rest of your wireless network can support it).

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