Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods for automatically configuring a device and a device capable of being automatically configured. According to one embodiment the device is a printer and a dynamic IP address is obtained using a wired connection; a connection is established with a server using the wired connection and the dynamic IP address; configuration information is downloaded from the server; a static IP address is assigned to the printer using the configuration information; and a connection is established with a server using a wireless connection and the static IP address. The configuration information may include setting information and address information. The setting information may be used to configure the settings of the printer and the address information may be used to assign a static IP address to the printer. The configuration information may include information relating to a wireless network.