Changing The Wpa Or Wpa2 Detailed Settings - Canon iP7200 Series Manual

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Changing the WPA or WPA2 Detailed Settings

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 printer 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.
How to Set a WEP/WPA/WPA2 Key
Note
This printer supports WPA-PSK (WPA-Personal) and WPA2-PSK (WPA2-Personal).
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