User`s guide

Zebra Mobile Printers • Wireless Configuration Guide • rev. H 22
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) COMMANDS
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users in remote loca-
tions to “log in” securely onto a network and use it as though
they were logged-in locally. The use of VPN ensures privacy,
integrity and authentication of the customer’s wireless local
area network and wireless wide area communications.
The QL and RW series of Zebra Mobile printers support VPN.
Currently the printers support Symbol’s AirBEAMSafe VPN.
VPN SETTINGS USING LABEL VISTA
You can enable VPN in Zebra Mobile printers with the Label
Vista application as follows:
Connect your printer via a serial or USB cable to your PC.
Open the “Label Vista” application and go to “Printer” on the
top bar menu. Click on the VPN tab and you will find the list of
parameters that need to be configured in the printer for use on
the VPN .
VPN MODE.
This parameter activates the VPN function and allows you to
select the type of VPN server you are connecting to. At present
the only type of VPN server supported is “AirBEAM safe” from
Symbol.
USER NAME:
Obtains or changes the username that allows access to the
VPN server.
PASSWORD:
Obtains or changes the password required to log-on to the
VPN server.
DOMAIN:
Obtain or change the domain name of the VPN server you are
connecting to.
VPN IP ADDRESS:
This is the virtual IP address of the printer that is assigned by
the VPN server.
If you don’t know the value of the above parameters, you
should contact the Systems Administrator of your company to
obtain the value of the parameters needed.
CPCL VPN Commands
You can also configure your printer for VPN using “get, set, do”
parameters in the CPCL programming language:
ip.vpn.mode
type: getvar; setvar
getvar example: ! U1 getvar “ip.vpn.mode”
setvar example: ! U1 setvar “ip.vpn.mode” “AIRBEAM SAFE”
This parameter activates the VPN function allowing you to
select the VPN server type At present the only VPN server
type supported is “AirBEAM safe”.
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