Intermec EasyCoder 3400e User manual

EasyLAN™ Wireless
Quick Start Guide

EasyLAN Wireless Quick Start Guide ii
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Contents
Getting Started ......................................................................... 5
What’s New? .............................................................. 6
Out of the Box ........................................................... 6
System Requirements ................................................. 7
Identifying EasyLAN Wireless Components ...............9
Installing EasyLAN Wireless................................................... 10
Collecting Information............................................. 11
Connecting EasyLAN Wireless to Your PC .............. 12
Setting Network Communications and Security ....... 13
Attaching the Antenna.............................................. 14
Starting EasyLAN Wireless ..................................................... 15
Printing Test Labels................................................................ 15
Configuring and Managing EasyLAN Wireless ...................... 18

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EasyLAN Wireless Quick Start Guide 5
Getting Started
The Intermec EasyLAN™Wireless is an IEEE 802.11b radio
option that can be installed in the EasyCoder®3400e, 4420, and
4440 printers.
In an ad-hoc network, a printer with EasyLAN Wireless
communicates wirelessly with a PC that contains an 802.11b
radio. In an infrastructure network, a printer with EasyLAN
Wireless communicates with other wired and wireless devices via
an access point with an 802.11b radio.
Local
Area
Networ
k
Access
Point
EasyLAN
Wireless
printer
EasyLAN
Wireless
printer
Laptop computer with
802.11b radio
Laptop computer with
802.11b radio
Infrastructure Network
Ad-hoc Network
Network Illustration: This illustration shows EasyLAN Wireless printers in an
ad-hoc network and an infrastructure network.

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What’s New?
EasyLAN Wireless Model AW02 provides these features:
• Firmware version 4.30, which provides all of the functionality
of EasyLAN Wireless Model AW01.
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). You can use WPA-Personal,
which uses TKIP with a pre-shared key (PSK) for
authentication, or WPA-Enterprise, which uses 802.1x
authentication with TTLS and TKIP.
• EasyLAN Network Setup. This PC configuration wizard
facilitates the connection of an EasyCoder printer to your
wireless network.
• Improved web browser interface for configuration and
management. For details, see the EasyLAN Wireless User’s
Manual (P/N 074980).
Out of the Box
Your printer with EasyLAN Wireless comes with these items:
• PrinterCompanion CD, which includes:
• EasyLAN Wireless User’s Manual
• EasyLAN Network Setup
• Intermec Printer Network Manager (IPNM)
• Intermec Print Monitor
• Printer quick start guide and safety supplement
• Antenna
• This EasyLAN Wireless Quick Start Guide (P/N 074981)
• Important EasyLAN Wireless Information! (P/N 074991)

EasyLAN Wireless Quick Start Guide 7
System Requirements
To set up printing through EasyLAN Wireless, you need to
know if you have an ad-hoc or infrastructure network:
• In an ad-hoc network, you need a PC with an 802.11b card
or other 802.11b device that can print straight to the printer.
• In an infrastructure network, you need an installed 802.11b
network that allows devices to print to the printer.
To use 802.1x security and TTLS, you need:
• an authentication server. You can use a PC with the Funk
OdysseyTM RADIUS server software v1.1 or later. You can use
an Intermec MobileLANTM access point with software v1.80
or later; for help, see the access point system manual. Or, you
can use a compatible authentication server.
• an authenticator that supports TTLS, such as an Intermec
MobileLAN access point with an 802.11b radio and software
v1.80 or later. The authenticator knows the IP address and
secret key of the authentication server and translates TTLS
frames to Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
(RADIUS) frames and vice versa.
• a printer with EasyLAN Wireless Model AW02 running
firmware version 4.30 or later.
To use 802.1x security and LEAP, you need:
• an authentication server. You can use a PC with the Funk
Odyssey RADIUS server software v1.1 or later. You can use
an Intermec MobileLAN access point with software v1.80 or
later. For help, see the access point system manual.
• an authenticator that supports LEAP, such as a Cisco 1200
series or Cisco 350 series access point with an 802.11b radio.
• a printer with EasyLAN Wireless Model AW02 running
firmware version 4.30 or later.

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To use WPA-Personal, you need:
• an access point that supports WPA-Personal (PSK). You can
use an Intermec MobileLAN access point with software v1.80
or later. For help, see the access point system manual.
• a printer with EasyLAN Wireless Model AW02 running
firmware version 4.30 or later.
To use WPA-Enterprise, you need:
• an authentication server. You can use a PC with the Funk
OdysseyTM RADIUS server software v1.1 or later. You can use
an Intermec MobileLANTM access point with software v1.80
or later; for help, see the access point system manual. Or, you
can use a compatible authentication server.
• an authenticator that supports TTLS, such as an Intermec
MobileLAN access point with an 802.11b radio and software
v1.80 or later. The authenticator knows the IP address and
secret key of the authentication server and translates TTLS
frames to Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
(RADIUS) frames and vice versa.
• a printer with EasyLAN Wireless Model AW02 running
firmware version 4.30 or later.

EasyLAN Wireless Quick Start Guide 9
Identifying EasyLAN Wireless Components
Make sure you can identify the EasyLAN Wireless components
on the back of your printer.
Antenna
Serial
port
Orange LED
Green LED
Yellow LED
Test
switch
Antenna
connector
EasyLAN Wireless Components: This illustration shows what EasyLAN
Wireless looks like when it is installed in a 3400e printer.
Identifying EasyLAN Wireless Components
Component Description
Antenna
connector
Attach the antenna to this connector.
Serial port
(DB9)
Use this port only to configure EasyLAN Wireless
with the EasyLAN Network Setup configuration
wizard or the command console.
Test switch Use this switch to print a test label or reset EasyLAN
Wireless. For help, see “Printing Test Labels” on
page 15.
LEDs Three LEDs indicate status and diagnostic
information, as described in the next table.

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Understanding the EasyLAN Wireless LEDs
LED Description
Orange Stays on when the printer is powered on. Blinks to
indicate an error.
Green and
Yellow
Provides information for the power-up diagnostic and
network activity:
Green Yellow Indicates
Off Off Network not active
Off On Reserved
Off Blink Reserved
On Off Reserved
Blink Off Reserved
On On Wireless network active
Blink Blink Wireless network data received
Installing EasyLAN Wireless
When you first consider installing EasyLAN Wireless printers in
your data collection network, you should arrange for a site
survey. An Intermec representative analyzes the range of radio
frequency devices in your facility and determines the placement
of the access points and printers with EasyLAN Wireless. The
site survey ensures that the coverage overlaps to provide
uninterrupted wireless communication at any location within
your building. This guide assumes that a site survey is complete
and the wireless network is installed in your facility.
This guide also assumes that you have loaded media and ribbon
into the printer and connected the printer to power. For help,
see the printer quick start guide.
If you are simply using the printer with EasyLAN Wireless in an
ad-hoc network, make sure that your PCs with 802.11b radios
are configured.