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Installation Instruc tions EasyLAN W ireless Inter face Kit (for EasyC oder® PF2i, PF4i, PF4i Compact Industr ial, P M4i, PX4i, and PX6i P r inters)[...]

Intermec T echnologies Corporation W orldwide H eadquar ters 6001 36th A ve. W . E verett, W A 98203 U.S.A. www .intermec.com e information contained herein is pro vided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and service Intermec-manufactured equipment and is not to be released, repr oduced, or used for any other purpose without[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions iii Document C hange Record is page recor ds changes to this document. e document was originally released as version -00. V ersion Date Description of Change -03 11/2006 Added WP A wireless security features, and descriptions of the R OAM and A UTH parameters. -04 08/2007 Remo ved trans[...]

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EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions v Contents C onten ts Before Y ou Begin ........................................................................... ix Safety Information .......................................................... ix Global Services and Support ............................................ x W arranty Informat[...]

vi EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Contents 802.11 Authentication ................................................... 25 WP A .............................................................................. 26 Roaming Bias ................................................................ 27 802.1x .............................[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions vii Contents Examples ......................................................... 46 Reading Other Wireless Connection V ariables ............................. 47 Active Channel .............................................................. 48 Access P oint Information .........................[...]

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EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions ix Before Y ou Begin Before Y ou Begin is section provides y ou with safety information, technical support information, and sources for additional product information. S afety Informa tion Y our safety is extremely important. Read and follo w all warnings and cautions in this document befo[...]

x EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Before Y ou Begin Global Ser vices and S uppor t Warranty Informa tion T o understand the warranty for your Intermec product, visit the Intermec web site at www .intermec.com and click Service & Support > W arranty . Disclaimer of warranties: e sample code included in this documen[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions xi Before Y ou Begin Services Description In the USA and Canada call 1-800-755-5505 and choose this option Service contracts Ask about an existing contract. Renew a contract. Inquire about r epair billing or other service invoicing questions. • • • 1 or 2 and then choose 3 Outside the U[...]

xii EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Before Y ou Begin In the S elect a Product field, choose the pr oduct whose documentation you want to download. T o order printed versions of the I ntermec manuals, contact your local Intermec repr esentative or distributor . 3[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 1 is chapter describes the EasyLAN Wireless I nterface Kit for EasyCoder PF2/4i-, PM4i-, and PX4/6i-series printers. 1 Intr oduc tion[...]

2 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 1 — Introduction About These Instruc tions ese instructions describe how to install an EasyLAN Wir eless network interface in an EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, PF4i Compact Industrial, PM4i, PX4i, or PX6i printer and how to connect it to a LAN, W AN, Intranet, or Internet network via a [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 3 2 Ph y sical Installation is chapter describes how to physically install the EasyLAN Wir eless Interface Kit in a PF2/4i-, PM4i-, or PX4/6i-series printer . e installation described in this chapter must only be performed by an authorized service technician. Intermec assumes no respons[...]

4 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation Step -by-Step Instruc tions S witch off the printer and disconnect the power cord. Disconnect all communication cables. Remo ve the cover o ver the electronics compartment, as described on the pages ahead. e electronic compartment contains wires and c[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 5 Chapter 2 — Physical Installation Remo ve any optional interface board or blind cover plate fitted on the rear plate. Remo ve any present EasyLAN Ethernet interface installed in the printer including cables etc. Remo ve the present rear plate like this: Loosen but do not remo ve the two [...]

6 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation Connect the EasyLAN adapter board to the PCI connector ( J84) on the CPU board so the hole in the boar d becomes aligned with the spacer and secure the boar d with the #T20 T orx screw . Route the antenna cable o ver the SIMMs on the CPU board towar ds th[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 7 Chapter 2 — Physical Installation EasyCoder PF2/4i-Series Printer EasyCoder PF2/4i-Series Printer , Rear Vie w Light guide Cable clips Antenna cable EasyLAN adapter board #T20 T or x screw and spacer Cable tie Antenna Antenna (packed separately when the EasyLAN Wireless interface is facto[...]

8 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation EasyCoder PM4i Printers U sing a #T20 T orx screwdriver , loosen the four screws that holds the cover along the lo wer left edge of the bottom plate. Remo ve the four screws that hold the cover to the center section. P ull out the cover so you can disconn[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 9 Chapter 2 — Physical Installation Connect the antenna cable to the radio module, which is factory- fitted on the EasyLAN adapter board, as illustrated below . Support the upper edge of the radio module with a finger while connecting the cable. Remo ve the #T20 T orx screw that holds the[...]

10 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation P ut back the cover o ver the electronics compartment. Route the cable from the display unit abo ve the ribbon motor . Connect the cable to connector J50 at the upper front corner of the CPU board. Connect the power cor d and switch on the power . Enter [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 11 Chapter 2 — Physical Installation EasyCoder PM4i Printer , Rear View EasyCoder PX4/6i Printers Open the front and right-hand doors. Remo ve the eight #T10 T orx screws that hold the left-hand cover . P ut the cover aside on a soft cloth or similar to avoid scratches. 4 5 6 Antenna (packe[...]

12 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation Remo ve any present EasyLAN Ethernet interface including cables etc. F it the RJ-45 plug included in the kit into the square hole left by the RJ-45 Ethernet connector . Remo ve the antenna plug, which is snap-locked into the rear plate. Connect the anten[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 13 Chapter 2 — Physical Installation F rom the inside of the electronics compartment, insert the antenna connector through the round hole in the rear plate and lock it with the washer and nut on the outside. F it the antenna to the connector of the antenna cable and bend the hinge so the an[...]

14 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 2 — Physical Installation EasyCoder P X4/6i Printer , Rear View Antenna (packed separately when the EasyLAN Wireless in ter face is factor y-installed)[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 15 3 Setup ( General) is chapter describes the various ways which you can connect your EasyLAN-equipped printer to your PC, in order to set the network parameters. I t also provides information about the default user name and password, which ar e needed to change the setup parameters.[...]

16 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 3 — Setup (General) Setting up Network P arameters ere are sev eral different ways you can set up your network parameters: • Connect the printer to a PC and run the PrintS et program which can be found on the EasyLAN CD and on the Intermec website. P rintSet requir es a PC [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 17 Chapter 3 — Setup (General) Set up the printer and the terminal for the communication parameters and type of handshake. P ress the <i> key on the printer’ s keyboard to check that the printer uses either auto or an RS-232 serial channel as I/O channel. Check that the connection i[...]

18 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 3 — Setup (General) User and P assword By default, the user is admin and the passwor d is pass . Initially , this user and password gives unr estricted access to all setup parameters, except R egion. Changing the Region requires a special passwor d, which is distributed only to a[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 19 4 Setup in Finger print is chapter explains how to set up the wireless network communication in printers running Intermec F ingerprint v8.40 (or later). e only requirement on the PC side is a terminal program that can transmit and receive ASCII characters on an RS-232 line. us, th[...]

20 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint Setting Up Wireless Communic ations is section describes how to perform some common tasks such as changing user and passwords, as well as setting individual networ k parameters with F ingerprint commands. General Once a wired serial communication is es[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 21 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint Changing User T o change the current user in F ingerprint, the “ su ”command is used. Syntax: RUN"su [-p <passwor d>] <user>" su requests the passwor d for <user>, and switches to that user after checking the password file[...]

22 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint Changing Passwords T o change the password for a user in F ingerprint, the “ passwd”command is used. Syntax: RUN"passwd [<user>]" passwd changes the user ’ s password. F irst, the user is prompted for the current passwor d (if it exi[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 23 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint rebooting the printer is the “ ACTIVE” setting. S etting this to anything other than a “0” will cause the current settings to be activated. R eading the ACTIVE setting will indicate whether the current settings ar e being used or not. 0 indicates [...]

24 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint SSID (Netw ork Name) e SSID (Service Set I dentifier) is 0-32 characters used to differentiate wireless LANs that overlap in fr equency and physical coverage ar ea. An empty SSID string signifies that the printer will associate with any network. B y[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 25 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint Examples: SETUP "wlan","WEP1","0x1138170147" Sets key #1 (WEP 64, hexadecimal) SETUP "wlan","WEP2","abcde" Sets key #2 (WEP 64, alphanumerical) SETUP "wlan","WEP3","0x123[...]

26 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint to cause problems in certain environments, which is why the two other alternatives have been made available. Example: SETUP "wlan","AUTH","SHARED" Shared K ey Authentication will be used. e AUTH setting can also be changed[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 27 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint SETUP "wlan","WPA_PSK","" Remo ves the pre-shared key . SETUP GET/WRITE returns an empty string if the key has not been set, and “****” for any pre-shared key r egardless of length. Roaming Bias In an environment with sev[...]

28 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint • LEAP : Cisco proprietary EAP type, requiring a Cisco access point. • PEAP : With EAP/MSCHAPv2, EAP/T oken Card (static passwor d), or EAP/MD5-Challenge in the tunnel. 802.1x Settings ese 802.1x parameters can be configured: • EAP type : T TLS [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 29 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint • T wo Common names (T TLS and PEAP only): T wo different common names may be configured. If both ar e empty , the supplicant will accept certificates regardless of the server certificate ’ s common name. If the first common name is configured, [...]

30 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint Examples SETUP "8021x","EAP_TYPE","TTLS|LEAP|PEAP|OFF" Sets preferr ed EAP type. SETUP "8021x",".EAP_USER","Admin01" Sets logon username to “ Admin01”. SETUP "8021x","EAP_PASS&[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 31 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint SETUP GET "8021x","STATE",A$ Gets the supplicant state: “Disabled ”, “F ailed”, “ Authenticating ”, or “ Authenticated ”. N ote: If you start the printer with EAP type set to OFF and then change the EAP type to T TLS, L[...]

32 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint SETUP GET "wlan","CHANNEL",A$ gets the current channel in A$. Access P oint Information e printer associates with an access point. e read-only setup-variable “ AP_MAC” will assume the MAC addr ess of the access point that the[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 33 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint wrong region/domain is set, please contact your I ntermec representative immediately . Continued use of the EasyL AN W ireless network interface with an incorrect REGION setting may be in violation of applicable laws. e region setting will not be reset[...]

34 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint WPA_PSK .REGION USA (FCC) ROAM 1 # CHANNEL 11 # AP_MAC 00:10:40:25:ee:a9 # SIGNAL 49 # SPEED 11 ACTIVE 1 Setting Up Network P arameters In this document, the use of setup strings or setup files are described. N etwork parameters could also be set via the[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 35 Chapter 4 — Setup in Fingerprint SETUP"NETWORK,IP SELECTION,DHCP+BOOTP" (default) SETUP"NETWORK,IP SELECTION,MANUAL" SETUP"NETWORK,IP SELECTION,DHCP" SETUP"NETWORK,IP SELECTION,BOOTP" 1 /. Ho wever , anybody can change the IP selection method from [...]

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EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 37 5 Setup in IPL is chapter explains how to set up the wireless network communication in printers running IPL v2.40 (or later). e only requirement on the PC side is a terminal program that can transmit and receive ASCII characters on an RS-232 line. us, this method is recommended wh[...]

38 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL Setting Up Wireless Communic ations is section describes how to perform some common tasks such as changing user and passwords, as well as setting individual networ k parameters with IPL commands. General Once a wired serial communication is established, you ca[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 39 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL Changing Passwords T o change the password for a user in IPL, the “ passwd”command is used. <STX><SI>xp,user,oldpass,newpass,retyped<ETX> is command changes the user’ s password. I f the current password ( oldpass ) is correctly typed, [...]

40 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL SSID (Netw ork Name) e SSID (Service Set I dentifier) is 0-32 characters used to differentiate wireless LANs that overlap in fr equency and physical coverage ar ea. An empty SSID string signifies that the printer will associate with any network. B y default[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 41 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL Examples: <STX><SI>ws,WEP1,0x1138170147<ETX> Sets key #1 (WEP 64, hexadecimal) <STX><SI>ws,WEP2,Admin<ETX> Sets key #2 (WEP 64, alphanumerical) <STX><SI>ws,WEP3,0x123456789abcdef0123456789a<ETX> Sets key #3 (W[...]

42 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL In addition to the OP EN and SHARED settings, EasyL AN Wir eless can also be set to AUT O authenticate. With this setting active, the networ k adapter will decide what to do. H owever , this setting has been found to cause problems in certain environments, which [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 43 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL <STX><SI>ws,WPA_PSK,mykey<ETX> Sets WP A pre-shared key to “ mykey ”. <STX><SI>ws,WPA_PSK,<ETX> Remo ves the pre-shared key . Roaming Bias In an environment with sev eral access points, the network adapter may have problems[...]

44 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL run inside an EAP session. • LEAP : Cisco proprietary EAP type, requiring a Cisco access point. • PEAP : With EAP/MSCHAPv2, EAP/T oken Card (static passwor d), or EAP/MD5-Challenge in the tunnel. 802.1x Settings ese 802.1x parameters can be configured: ?[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 45 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL another certificate in PEM, DER (.der , .cer), or PK CS #12 (.p12, .pfx) format. • T wo Common names (T TLS and PEAP only): T wo different common names may be configured. If both ar e empty , the supplicant will accept certificates regardless of the server [...]

46 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL T o reinstall the default root CA certificate, install /rom/intermec.cer , or remo ve the /c/ADMIN/root.cer file. Examples <STX><SI>ws,EAP_TYPE,TTLS|LEAP|PEAP|OFF<ETX> Sets preferr ed EAP type. <STX><SI>ws,.EAP_USER,Admin01<ETX&[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 47 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL <STX><SI>ws,VALIDATE,ON|OFF<ETX> Enables validation of the server certificate (T TLS/PEAP only). All variables may be transmitted by means of: <STX><SI>wt,[variable name]<ETX> except EAP_P ASS which always returns “****” i[...]

48 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL 3 /. Active channel and signal str ength is shown in the printer’ s display window when the <i> key is pressed. Active Channel 802.11b/g operates on a number of different channels, corresponding to different frequencies. e printer scans for a suitabl[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 49 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL <STX><SI>wt,SPEED<ETX> T ransmits network speed. Region (a.k.a. Regula tor y Domain) Some countries and regulatory authorities only allow the use of a subset of the 14 channels specified in the 802.11b/g standard. T o make the product world con[...]

50 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL Setting Up Network P arameters Y ou can now disconnect the printer from the PC. Y ou still need to assign an IP address, subnet mask, default router , and name ser ver . is can be done via the printer’ s display and keyboard (pr ovided the server support eit[...]

PARITY: BOOTP PARITY: DHCP PARITY: MANUAL SETUP: NETWORK NETWORK: IP SELECTION NETWORK: IP ADDRESS NETWORK: NETMASK NETWORK: DEFAULT ROUTER NETWORK: NAMESERVER IP SELECTION: DHCP+BOOTP IP ADDRESS: 192.168.1.79 NETMASK: 255.255.255.0 DEFAULT ROUTER: 192.168.1.1 NAMESERVER: 192.168.1.7 NETWORK: MAC ADDRESS MAC ADDRESS: 00104017b80e Read-only Read-onl[...]

52 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL 2 If you have chosen either DHCP+BOO TP , DHCP , or BOO TP , press the  key and you can read the temporary IP address automatically assigned by the server , for example: I P A D D R E S S : 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 . 7 9 3 After having read the IP address, pr ess the[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 53 Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL T o set an IP address with ARP ‘ n’ Ping On the task bar of the host, choose S tart > Accessories > Command P rompt . In the Command P rompt, type: arp -s <desired IP address><printer MAC-address> While still using the Command P rompt, use p[...]

54 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 5 — Setup in IPL Setting Network P arameters in Manual Mode N ote: MANUAL mode is only supported by IPL 2.40 or later . Y ou can use MANUAL mode to assign a static IP address to the printer . T o assign network values manually , connect the printer to the serial port on the host [...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 55 6 A cc essing the Print er ’ s Home P age is chapter describes how to access the printer ’ s home page in order to determine that the network communication works properly .[...]

56 EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions Chapter 6 — Acc essing the Printer’ s Home Page Using the W eb Brow ser S tar t your web bro wser (in this example Microsoft Internet E xplorer) and enter the printer’ s IP address in the A ddress field (for example, http://192.168.237.109). Use your web bro wser to access the print[...]

EasyLAN Wireless Interface Kit Installation Instructions 57 Chapter 6 — Acc essing the Printer’ s Home Page e printer’ s home page will appear: The EasyCoder PM4i Home Page F rom the printer ’ s home page, you can perform a large number of tasks, including changing or setting the IP address, subnet mask, default router , and name server [...]

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