To prevent other users from accessing your network, turn on WPA or WEP data encryption.
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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP): WEP is the original native security mechanism in the 802.11
standard. You create a unique key containing hexadecimal or alphanumeric characters, which
other users must provide before they can access your network.
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Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): WPA uses the temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP) for encryption
and employs 802.1X authentication. It addresses all known weaknesses of WEP. You create a
unique passphrase containing a combination of letters and numbers, which other users must
provide before they can access your network.
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WPA2 provides the advanced encryption standard (AES), and is an improvement over WPA.
Connect the product to an ad-hoc wireless network
You can connect the product wirelessly to a computer through a peer-to-peer (ad-hoc) installation.
1. Make sure the product is not connected to the network with an Ethernet cable.
2. Turn on the product, and then turn on the wireless functionality.
3. Make sure the product is using the factory default network settings.
4. Turn on the product the wireless functionality again.
5. Print a Network Summary page and find the wireless network name (SSID). Open the Reports
menu, and then select the Network Summary option.
6. Refresh the list of wireless networks on your computer, and then click the product wireless network
name (SSID) and connect to it.
7. After several minutes, print a configuration page, and then find the product IP address.
8. At the computer, insert the product CD, and follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.
When prompted, select the Connect through a wireless network option.
Configure IP network settings
View or change network settings
Use the embedded Web server to view or change IP configuration settings.
1. Print a configuration page, and locate the IP address.
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If you are using IPv4, the IP address contains only digits. It has this format:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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If you are using IPv6, the IP address is a hexadecimal combination of characters and digits.
It has a format similar to this:
xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx
2. To open the HP Embedded Web Server, type the IP address (IPv4) into the address line of a Web
browser. For IPv6, use the protocol established by the Web browser for entering IPv6 addresses.
3. Click the Networking tab to obtain network information. You can change settings as needed.
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