Supporting wireless print servers

MVP offers support for several wireless devices. MVP offers a WLAN task and a WLAN device policy option to:

• Set up and edit wireless settings for supported print servers attached to the network, and then transfer the settings to the supported devices.

• Support wireless configurations for both Ad Hoc and Infrastructure Basic Service Set (BSS) modes, as well as WEP and WPA-PSK security modes.

Notes:

• See the Release notes for a complete list of the printers and print servers supported by MVP.
• For security modes that utilize CA certificates as part of an authentication mechanism, an additional task called Install CA Certificate is available in the All Tasks list to install CA Certificates on devices.

Creating a WLAN device policy

1. From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Policies — Create/Manage from the All Tasks list.

2. Click New.

3. Select For Any Print Server, and then click Continue.

4. From the Print Server Policy area, expand the WLAN folder.

5. Enter the SSID, BSS Type, Channel, and Wireless Security Mode for the device.

   For more information on your wireless settings, see your wireless network documentation.

6. Enter the appropriate authentication or encryption information for the wireless security mode that you selected by expanding the WEP or WPA folders under WLAN.

7. Click Apply.

Configuring wireless settings for multiple devices

The WLAN task provides the ability to configure the wireless settings on multiple devices simultaneously. If multiple devices are selected for use with this task, make sure that only the values that are shared by all of the selected devices are changed. Some settings are specific to one device and changing them can disrupt wireless communication for that device.

1. From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select WLAN from the All Tasks list.

2. Select the device(s).

3. Enter the SSID, BSS Type, Channel, and Wireless Security Mode for the device.

   For more information on the wireless settings, see your wireless network documentation.

4. Enter the appropriate authentication or encryption information for the wireless security mode that you selected. Some wireless security modes require certificates to work properly.

5. To install the appropriate certificates, go to the print server Embedded Web Server or use the Install CA Certificate task.

   Note: You can access the Embedded Web Server by clicking Web Page (Print Server) in the All Tasks list on the MVP Home screen.

6. Click Apply.