how do you find your wpa/wep address in order to connect my wireless printer

Hi Richard. I'm completely unqualified and a total idiot, but I can help you just the same.

WPA and WEP are actually not addresses - they're what's known as encryption protocols. WiFi transmits data through radio waves, so anyone with the right kind of equipment can 'listen in' and see everything that's happening on your network. Obviously, that's not good.

The industry has developed encryption protocols to encrypt all the data being transmitted over WiFi, so even if someone is able to see what's happening on your network, they won't be able to do anything with it because it's encrypted.

WPA and WEP are older, and they have already been 'broken,' meaning that the encryption can be decoded. The newest encryption protocol is WPA2, and that's the one you should be using.

In a network, an address - which is formally known as an IP address - is a set of numbers that is assigned to a device on the network. It's just like the address of your home. Just like your address makes it possible for people to find you, a network device's IP address makes it possible for a router to find the device.

If all this sounds complicated, well, it is. That's why routers are setup to automatically assign IP addresses to devices on the network, like your printer.

Your router should be using the WPA2 encryption protocol. Your printer's IP address should be automatically assigned by your router. There are a few ways to find out what your printer's IP address is. One way is to open your router's configuration utility. The address will among the first screens you'll see.

If you need help with any of this, just ask. Once you understand it, you'll say "Oh, is that all it is ..."

Usually you require the SSID & Passphrase to add any wireless device including a wifi printer, this can be found on the router - usually the bottom. Then you enter those details when required during the printer setup.

If the printer & router supports it you can also use push button setup, details on how to do that should come with the router & printer, you usually press the router’s WPS button then within 30 seconds press the wifi button on the printer.

Hi RIchard. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 9 year Windows MVP and Independent Advisor, here to help you.

Those are security protocols and not addresses.

To best install a wireless printer I'd simply Clean install the printer which always works, lasts longer and actually saves time:

1. Power up the printer.
2. Go to Settings>Apps>Apps and Features to find and Uninstall the printer software.
3. Use one of these methods to remove all of the old printer drivers:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/101274-unin...

4. Now type Control Panel in Start Search, open CP, choose Icon View. In Control Panel open Devices and Printers, right click the printer to delete the Printer and any scanner or fax of the same name. Restart PC.
5. Go to the printer model’s Support Downloads webpage to download and install the latest full software package. Now is also the time to check for any newer printer firmware to install which matters a lot.

Older software may need to be installed in Compatibility Mode to run correctly: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/run-old-softwa...

6. Extract Printer software, right click Setup file to Run as Administrator. Follow the setup screens closely as you install the software. For USB it should prompt when to plug in the printer.

If you have further problems reply back with results of each step.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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