Wep encryption tab – Printronix PrintNet Enterprise User Manual

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WEP Encryption Tab

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WEP Encryption Tab

Figure 118. Wireless Properties: WEP Encryption Tab

You must click

Read

to obtain the printer’s settings before you can modify

them.

NOTE:

If the NIC has a password assigned to the user

guest

, then a Telnet

guest password is required. See “Security Tab” on page 63.

Select which key you want to use for Wireless Equivalency Privacy (WEP)
encryption. Use the correct number and type of digits for your preferred
encryption strength (40 or 128 bit), then select

ASCII

or

Hex

.

Click

Disable

to disable WEP encryption for the selected printer.

Click

Clear

to clear all keys displayed on the WEP Encryption tab

simultaneously. (The keys stored in the NIC are not affected.)

When you are finished, click

Send

to transmit the values to the printer. You

can transmit up to four keys at once, but only the selected key will become the
active key in the printer.

NOTE:

If the NIC has a password assigned to the user

root

, then a Telnet

root password is required. See “Security Tab” on page 63.

NOTE:

If the values are not in the selected format, or if the exact number of
characters required is not entered, an error message will appear.

Correct the problem, then click

Send

again.

If you are not going to modify settings on any other tabs, you must update the
printer for the settings to take effect. Click

Update

to update the printer.

IMPORTANT

Make sure the settings match those configured in the Access Point.

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