Connect the Printer to a Wireless Network

If you have purchased the Xerox Wireless Network Adapter, you can connect the device to a wireless network using the Wireless Wizard. The Wireless Wizard provides the easiest method of connecting the device to a wireless network. If the device is connected to a wired network, you can configure wireless settings in the Embedded Web Server. For details, refer to Connecting to a Wireless Network below.

Note: You cannot connect to a wired network and a wireless network at the same time.

Wireless Network Adapter

The wireless network adapter is a USB device that transfers data between the printer and a wireless local area network (LAN). The wireless network adapter supports common wireless security protocols, such as WEP, WPA, WPA2, and 802.1X standard port-based network access control.

The wireless network adapter allows multiple users on a wireless LAN to print to and scan from Xerox printers. The wireless network adapter also supports printers that include network scan and fax features.

Connecting to a Wireless Network

If you have purchased the Xerox Wireless Network Adapter, you can use the Wireless Wizard to connect to a wireless network. If the device is connected to a wired network, you can configure wireless settings in the Embedded Web Server. 

The Xerox Wireless Network Adapter supports:

• Wi-Fi Bands: Dual Band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

• Network Standards:

  • 802.11ac

  • 802.11n

  • 802.11b/a/g

• Wi-Fi Direct

Before you begin, purchase the Xerox Wireless Network Adapter.

Notes: 

• For more information, refer to the Xerox Wireless Network Adapter Kit Hardware Install and Setup instructions that are included with the kit.

• The device uses either the wireless or the wired network connection. Activating one network connection deactivates the other network connection.

• When you switch from a wired connection to a wireless connection, the IP address of the printer changes. The connection to the Embedded Web Server through your Web browser closes. To reconnect to the Embedded Web Server, in the Web browser address field, type
  the new IP address or host name of your printer. For details, refer to Verifying the Wireless Status and Viewing the Wireless IP Address below.

Ways to Connect to a Wireless Network

There are several methods that can be used to configure this feature. You can connect to a wireless network:

• using the Wireless Wizard,

• in the Embedded Web Server,

• or directly to a wireless network. 
  
  Use the steps below to configure the feature based on your required method.

Note: You must be a System Administrator to perform this procedure as it may require administrator privileges and/or knowledge of your network settings.

Connect to a Wireless Network Using the Wireless Wizard

You can use the Wireless Wizard to simplify the process of connecting your device to an available wireless network. You can use the Wireless Wizard to select a different wireless network or to connect to a wireless network manually.

Note:

• Advanced enterprise networks require certificates. For details, refer to Security Certificates.

• When you plug in the Wireless Network Adapter, Wi-Fi Direct is available immediately. For details, refer to Configure Wi-FI Direct.

To connect to a wireless network using the Wireless Wizard:

1. Plug the wireless network adapter directly into an active USB port on the device.

2. Select an option.

   • If you are connecting the device to a wireless network for the first time, touch Continue Wireless Install.

   • If you have connected the device to a wireless network previously, that network appears on the screen. Select an option:

     • To connect to the last network used, which is shown on the screen, touch Activate Wireless.

     • To connect to another network, touch Pick New Network.

3. Log in to the printer as a System Administrator.

4. Select a wireless network from the list.

   • If you are joining a secure network, the secure settings appear. If the security mode requires authentication, enter the credentials, then touch Join.

   • If you are joining an unsecured network, to confirm joining the network, touch Join this Network.
     
     Note: If your network does not appear, select an option.

     • To refresh the wireless networks list, touch Check for Networks.

     • To join the network manually, touch Manual Setup. For details on manual setup, refer to Configure Wireless Settings Manually.

5. Touch Done.
   
   Note: If the connection fails, select Edit Connection, Pick New Network, or Use Wired Connection.

Connect to a Wireless Network in the Embedded Web Server

1. Access the Embedded Web Server and log in to the Embedded Web Server as a System Administrator.

2. In the Embedded Web Server, click Properties > Connectivity > Setup.

3. Next to Xerox Wireless Network Interface, click Edit.
   
   Note: After you install the Wireless Network Adapter, the Edit button appears.
   
   

4. To configure IPv4, IPv6, and DNS settings, on the Wireless Profile page, for IP, click Edit. Configure settings as needed, then click Apply. The device uses separate IP settings for wired and wireless network connections. For details, refer to IP.

5. On the Wireless Profile page, for Wireless Settings, click Edit.

6. If your device is connected to a wireless network, on the Wireless Settings page, click Select Different Network.

7. On the Wireless Settings page, click Scan for Available Networks. A list of detected networks appears.

8. For the SSID name of the network you want to join, click Select & Configure.

9. The device detects the security mode that your network uses. Configure the following security mode settings as needed.

   • For WEP Setting and Key, select the bit strength and key.

   • For Encryption Algorithm, select an encryption method. Auto automatically detects the algorithm that your wireless network uses.

   • For Authentication Method, select the authentication method that your wireless network uses.

   • For Server Validation - Validate server using, select the validation server root certificate that you want to use.
     
     Note: To install the validation server root certificate on the Security Certificates page, click Properties > Security > Security Certificates.  For details, refer to Security Certificates.
     
     

   • For Device Certificate (TLS) - Authentication Certificate, select the device certificate that you want to use.
     
     Note: To install the device certificate on the Security Certificates page, click Properties > Security > Security Certificates. For details, refer to Security Certificates.
     
     

   • For Outer Identity, configure the external User ID.

   • For User Name, type the user name that the device uses to access the wireless network.

   • For Password, type and confirm a password. Click Selectto save new password, as needed.

10. After you configure the wireless settings, from the Wireless Settings page, click Close.

11. From the Wireless Profile page, click Close.

12. To activate wireless settings and simultaneously disable the Wired Connection setting, for Xerox Wireless Network Interface, click Make Active.

13. On the confirmation screen, select Activate Wireless.

14. Log out as the administrator when finished.

Wireless Protected Management Frames

Wireless Protected Management Frames (PMF), also known as 802.11w, provide protection for unicast and multicast management action frames.

• Unicast management action frames are protected from eavesdropping and forging.

• Multicast management action frames are protected from forging.

Note: PMF is not applicable to the device WiFi-Direct connection. When the wireless network connection security mode is WPA2 Personal or WPA2 Enterprise, the device can support Protected Management Frame functionality. By default, the device is configured with PMF disabled.
For information on changing the wireless PMF value for the device, contact Xerox Technical Support.

Caution: Both the wireless network and the device need to support PMF for the capability to function. Misalignment between the wireless network and the device for this setting can result in communication failures.

Limiting Wi-Fi Roaming

For details, refer to Limit Wi-Fi Roaming.

Verifying the Wireless Status and Viewing the Wireless IP Address

To verify the wireless status and view the wireless IP address, print a Configuration Report.. Note the Connectivity Physical Connections, Connectivity Protocols, and TCP/IPv4 sections of the report.

Configure Wireless Settings Manually

To configure wireless settings manually, refer to Configure Wireless Settings Manually.

Connect Directly to a Wireless Network

Before you begin, purchase and install the Xerox Wireless Network Adapter.

1. Ensure that the printer is not connected to a wired Ethernet network.

2. Restart the printer.

3. Refer to the Configuration Report to find the self-assigned IP address of the printer, in the 169.254.x.x range.

4. Using an Ethernet cable, connect a computer to the printer.
   
   Note:

   • Depending on your computer hardware, use a crossover cable or adapter as needed.

   • Ensure that wireless connectivity is disabled on your computer.
     
     

5. Find the IP address of the computer.

6. Ensure that the computer obtains an automatic private IP address, in the 169.254.x.x range, and is therefore on the same subnet as the printer.

7. On the computer, access the Embedded Web Server. Type the IP address of the printer in the address field of a Web browser, then press Enter or Return.

8. Configure wireless settings in the Embedded Web Server.  For details, refer to Connecting to a Wireless Network above.
   
   Note: When you switch from a wired connection to a wireless connection, the IP address of the device changes. The connection to the Embedded Web Server through your Web browser closes. To reconnect to the Embedded Web Server, in the Web browser address field, type the new IP address or host name of your device.