F Loading Wlan Certificates; Overview; Loading Wifi Certificate File(S) From Windows; Loading Wifi Certificate File(S) From Linux - Printronix t8000 Administrator's Manual

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Loading WLAN Certificates

Overview

This section describes how to load the certificate for the for the WLAN Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP) mode. For EAP-TLS, the printer requires three files, These files are the Certificate Authority (CA)
file, a certificate file and a key file. For EAP-PEAP, the user can choose to load CA file. These files
should be generated by the System Administrator. To load these files to the printer, see the description
below.
NOTE:
Certificates can only be loaded if the WLAN Option is installed in the printer.
IMPORTANT
For the certificates to work correctly, the Real Time Clock (RTC) must be set.
This can be done by setting the menus in section Network > Date on Page 208.

Loading Wifi Certificate file(s) from Windows

1. From the http://PrintronixAutoID.com/support/drivers/
marked "WLAN Certificate Utility".
2. Unzip the file and you will find a Linux version (bdcert.lnx), Windows version (bdcert.bat), and
README.TXT file.
3. The Windows version bdcert.bat can either be run from a command line or by double clicking on the
file.
4. When run bdcert.bat will request the file name of the certificate authority file, the certificate file, the
private key file, and the name of the output file to be generated.
5. If only the certificate authority file is entered, the utility will ask the user if there are more files to
process (e.g., certificate filename or private key filename). Answer either "No" or "Yes" depending on
the requirements.
6. Once the output file has been generated it can be sent to the printer through any Host interface while
the Printer is Online.

Loading Wifi Certificate file(s) from Linux

1. From the http://PrintronixAutoID.com/support/drivers/
marked "WLAN Certificate Utility".
2. Unzip the file and you will find a Linux version (bdcert.lnx), Windows version (bdcert.bat), and
README.TXT file.
3. The bdcert.lnx can must be run from a Linux command line.
4. Usage of the bdcert.lnx is as follows:
When all three certificate files are required:
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