Changing The Wpa Or Wpa2 Detailed Settings - Canon MX720 Series Online Manual

Changing the WPA or WPA2 Detailed Settings

Note
This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
To change the wireless network settings of the printer, connect the printer and the computer with a
USB cable temporarily. If you modify the wireless network settings of the computer over wireless
connection without USB connection, your computer may not be able to communicate with the
machine after modifying the settings.
The example screenshots in this section refer to the WPA detailed settings.
1. Start up IJ Network Tool.
Starting up IJ Network Tool
2. Select the printer in Printers:.
When the printer is connected to the computer with a USB cable temporarily, select the printer
with USB appearing in the Connected to column.
3. Click the Configuration... button.
4. Click the Wireless LAN button.
5. Select Use WPA or Use WPA2 in Encryption Method: and click
Configuration....
6. Enter the passphrase, confirm the type of dynamic encryption and click OK.
1. Passphrase:
Enter the passphrase set to the access point. The passphrase should be a string of 8 to 63
alphanumeric characters or a 64-digit hexadecimal value.
If you do not know the access point passphrase, refer to the instruction manual provided
with the access point or contact its manufacturer.
2. Dynamic Encryption Type:
Select the dynamic encryption method from either TKIP (Basic Encryption), or AES
(Secure Encryption).
Important
If the printer cannot communicate with the computer after the encryption type of the printer
was switched, make sure that encryption types for the computer and the access point
matches that set to the printer.
Note
This machine supports WPA-PSK (WPA-Personal) and WPA2-PSK (WPA2-Personal).