Table 8-4802.11 Wireless settings (continued)

Message

Description

 

 

SSL Subject

Subject from the CA certificate.

 

 

SSL Start Date

Date the SSL certificate is valid.

 

 

Encryption Type

Indicates the type. 64–bit WEP, 128–bit WEP, Dynamic (used with WEP, TKIP, or

 

both), Auto, or None (no encryption is used)..

 

 

Dynamic Type

Indicates whether dynamic encryption is used. Disabled, Shared (pre-shared keys), or

 

Robust (TKIP or AES)

 

 

Available Wireless Networks

Lists the available wireless networks, and their properties which include the SSID,

 

Channel, Strength, Capability, Security, and BSSID.

 

 

Security Settings

Information in this section of the HP Jetdirect configuration page is described in the following table.

Table 8-5 Security Settings

Message

Description

 

 

802.1X

Indicates which EAP/802.1X client authentication setting was selected.

 

EAP-TLSUse EAP-TLS.

 

EAP-PEAPUse EAP-PEAP.

 

Specified An 802.1X authentication protocol other than EAP-TLS/EAP-PEAP was

 

selected.

 

Not Specified No 802.1X authentication was selected.

 

 

IPsec

If the print server and printer/MFP device supports IPsec, then IPsec appears. If IPsec is

or

not supported, then Firewall appears.

 

Firewall

Current IPsec/Firewall status.

 

 

Enabled IPsec/Firewall is enabled and operating as configured.

 

Disabled IPsec/Firewall is turned off.

 

Policy Failed Print server failed to implement the selected IPsec policy. You might need

 

to reset security (control panel or the HP Embedded Web Server), or perform a cold

 

reset.

 

 

Admin Password

IP Administrator password is set on the print server. This password is shared by Telnet,

 

the HP Embedded Web Server, and HP Web Jetadmin to control access to print server

 

configuration parameters. (Consists of up to 16 alphanumeric characters.)

 

Not Specified Password not set.

 

Set Password is set.

 

Clear the password, using a cold reset.

 

 

Cert Expires

Expiration date of the digital certificate for SSL/TLS encrypted security. The date is in

 

UTC format (for example, “2012-10-02 12:45 UTC”).

 

Not Applicable Digital certificate is not installed.

 

 

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