topic Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe in Printer Software & Networking

mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbers?

jhsmith8 — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:30:26 GMT

mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, in only allows symbols or letters. how do i enter numbers?

john

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 20:33:37 GMT

This might help

Press the SETUP button on your printer's control panel.
Using the arrows, select DEVICE SETTINGS, press OK.
Select LAN SETTINGS and press OK.
Select Wireless LAN Setup and press OK.
If a message appears to press the WPS button, press STOP to cancel.
Select STANDARD SETUP from the next screen that appears and press OK.
Highlight your access point or router and press OK.
Press OK again to confirm the access point name.
Enter your passphrase using the keypad to the right.
At the screen where you enter your passphrase, in the top right corner of the LCD screen you should see a :1 . This indicates that you are in numeric entry mode. If you press the asterisk key (*) it will switch to :A or uppercase letter mode, pressing asterisk again with switch to lowercase letter mode. To enter a letter in either letter mode, you will press the associated number key to cycle through the available letters. For example: To enter a letter "c", you will press the "2" key three times.
Press OK when done.
The LCD screen will say "Connected" if the password is correct.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

rhands — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:53:30 GMT

To enter your passcode or anything else in a screen asking for input:

You will see in the upper right hand corner of the input screen :! or :a or :A. This tells you what will appear when you press a letter or a number on the keypad. You can toggle through these options by pressing the * key. You can toggle any time while entering your info.

I am into my second hour of trying to set up this wonderful printer using the Canon instructions. They are boar's nest of confusing references, disjointed instructions and presumptions by the presumptuous. I can't believe Canon would read what is going on here and not be rushing to repair the damage being caused all across this land, actually all around the world.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

elleninfl — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 01:48:08 GMT

thank you for your fabulous instructions. you saved me hours of frustration, as it's saturday night, and the customer service telephone number was closed.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

Mrbell1970559 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 02:16:09 GMT

Thanks for this, I wonder why this is not in the instuctions?????????

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

mzrojas — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 06:44:46 GMT

OMG thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finally connected to my wifi

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

Ani — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:26:31 GMT

That works for letters and numbers but my passcode has the symbol # and it always enters a space when I try to enter it.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

dsider63 — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:19:23 GMT

Thank you Excellent Instructions Don't know what happen with mine it wouldn't show connnected but the software wouldn't find it till i hooked up the USB then it had me unplug it may help some techs get it done faster this Printer was one of the hardest to Connect feel sorry for inexperienced users

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

DroneMaster — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:41:10 GMT

Thanks, That Solved it!!!!!

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

agent79 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:16:48 GMT

Thank you! You made me figure out somethign that should have been easier, and for that I am very grateful! 🙂 AAA+++

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

kaolinkid — Sun, 28 May 2017 19:41:32 GMT

Thanks for explaining it. Would have been much simpler if Cannon would have included in the instructions! Poorest set of instructions I've ever seen. As stated already in a previous post - "They are boar's nest of confusing references, disjointed instructions and presumptions by the presumptuous. I can't believe Canon would read what is going on here and not be rushing to repair the damage".
That comment nails it. I'll stay away from Cannon going forward.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

johnnysch — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 06:41:25 GMT

On the MG5460 there is no asterisk key, you have to use Aa1 - the center key on the bottom row

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

zostar — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:01:13 GMT

Did this ever get answered? I want to enter a $

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

Michael — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:20:13 GMT

zostar,

A response was made in your previous thread. Please review the thread for details about your question.

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Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

NalloK — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:40:59 GMT

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART141291

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

Ambrosia314 — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:13:09 GMT

Mr. Hoffman,

Totally worth registering just to tell you this. Thank you sir for your concise and accurate directions. Took me all of five minutes to sort everything after reading your post. I would think that this would be the prefered method as the WPS button method often resets the router and everyone today seemingly has 15 devices already connected to the router. But on the bright side reseting my router let me update my security. Great job and cheers to you sir, thank you again.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

dsider63 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:42:17 GMT

Use the Symbol Button to toggle back and forth at the bottom right coner by the number 3 Its been a while Quite simple but someone had to show me to friend hope this helps if not I will run through it for you

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

dsider63 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:44:56 GMT

use the Symbols Key down in ther right hand lower cornier to toggle by or is the number 3 key thank you hope this helps Daryl

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

fskeigh — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 06:14:08 GMT

I went looking for information on how to enter a wifi passcode using the LCD panel on the G4600 MFP (it's now 2018). It is poorly documented in the G4600 user manual. Cannon's official G4600 support information does not resolve the issue. John Hoffman's post from 2012, however, does resolve the issue for the G4600 in the same way as it would have done for the MX459.

One point to add to John's note: on the G4600 (maybe the other model too?), when entering numbers, an asterisk is shown on the LCD panel. Only when entering letters is the character visible to the user (and then only for an instant, before the display reverts to showing it as an asterisk). This is presumably because when entering letters, the user may need to press the key several times to cycle through the available letters for the selected key, whereas for numbers, there is only one possible result for a given key that is pressed.

Re: mx459 will not let me enter number in WEP key, only allows symbols/letters. how do i enter numbe

noelbelle — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:30:26 GMT

OMG Thank you so much for sharing (1 hour later) !!!!