ImageClass MF4880dw accepts only numeric wireless passwords

benson — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 02:39:47 GMT

I tried to configure my ImageClass MF4880dw with an WPA/WPA2-PSK encyrption key that was alphanumeric. The printer would not authenticate when all other devices could. I then simplified the encryption key to be something simple like "aaaaaaaaaa" to ensure that I could not mistype. Yet again, it would not take it.

Only when I changed the encryption key to be purely numeric can the printer finally connect to my wireless router. I find this a very poor limitation since it exposes a security threat by not allowing random alphanumeric key.

Can we get a firmware upgrade that can allow alphanumeric encryption keys?

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ImageClass MF4880dw accepts only numeric wireless passwords