HP LaserJet Pro CP1525nw Color Printer - Manual (Page 54)

To prevent other users from accessing your network, turn on WPA or WEP data encryption.
● Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP): WEP is the original native security mechanism in the 802.11
standard. You create a unique key containing hexadecimal characters, which other users must
provide before they can access your network.
● 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.
● 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. Open the Service menu, and
then select the Restore defaults option.
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
To configure network parameters on the product, use the product control panel, the embedded Web
server, or, for Windows operating systems, the HP ToolboxFX software.
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.
● If you are using IPv4, the IP address contains only digits. It has this format:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
● If you are using IPv6, the IP address is a hexadecimal combination of characters and digits.
It has a format similar to this:
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