P1102w LaserJet will not install on wireless network with WPA security.

[Dominic Clancy]

I am running Fedora 28 Linux desktop edition on a Dell laptop.

I have the lastest version of HPLIP (hplip-3.18.6-1.fc28.x86_64) installed.

Using hp-setup, I find I am unable to configure my HP P1102w LaserJet printer to connect
by wireless to my (netgear MBRN3000) wireless router, unless I disable the WPA (AES) security.
When the security is disabled I can connect. I can also configure the printer to connect via USB.

I am not sure whether this should be considered a security issue. However, this possible bug may encourage some users to set up their networks without security, or encourage them to try and find workarounds that may not be secure.

I had the printer working with a wireless connection for a couple of years, with no trouble. However, when I updated to Fedora 26, I started to experience problems. The printer would connect to the wireless router only temporarily. Now I find that with Fedora 28, it will not connect at all.

I have run the script hp-check and installed various packages that were missing. However, some missing packages "do not exist" for my Linux distribution, at least in the usual repositories.

The script hp-doctor does not work at all.

After running hp-setup in a terminal I get the following output.
The installation procedure hangs right at the end, just before "finish".
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[dominic@Kearus ~]$ hp-setup

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.6)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Searching on USB bus...

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.6)
System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

GET /IoMgmt/Adapters HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

error: Unable to find hp-upgrade --notify on PATH.
GET /IoMgmt/Adapters/wifi0/WifiNetworks HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

GET /IoMgmt/Adapters/wifi0/Profiles/Active HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

GET /IoMgmt/Adapters/wifi0/Protocols HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

GET /IoMgmt/Adapters/wifi0/Protocols HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

GET /DevMgmt/IOConfigDyn.xml HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: hplip/3.0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 0

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/hplip/ui5/wifisetupdialog.py", line 754, in NextButton_clicked
    self.showExitPage()
  File "/usr/share/hplip/ui5/wifisetupdialog.py", line 573, in showExitPage
    self.ip, subnetmask, gateway, pri_dns, sec_dns, addressmode = self.wifiobj.getwifiotherdetails(self.dev,self.adapterName)
AttributeError: 'WifiSetupDialog' object has no attribute 'wifiobj'

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[srinivas (srinivas5)]

Hi Dominic,

Please run "sudo hp-logcapture" command with -g option before doing hp-setup and share logs.
Also run hp-setup -g and share the output.

Thanks,
Srinivas Teja.

[srinivas (srinivas5)]

Hi Dominic,

We are yet to support Fedora 28. It is not supported in HPLIP 3.18.6 version.
We will support in our future releases.

Thanks,
Srinivas Teja.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

This looks like a simple typo, "wifiobj" should be "wifiObj".

Fixing that got me through that dialog, although I couldn't get the printer connected to the wifi, yet.