According to an approach for configuring wireless devices, a wireless device determines whether it is currently configured to use secure wireless communications when communicating with other wireless devices. If not, then the wireless device configures one or more wireless security parameters so that the wireless device will use a secure wireless communications protocol to communicate with other wireless devices. The wireless device may also generate one or more encryption keys for use with the secure wireless communications protocol. The wireless device provides the one or more wireless security parameters and the one or more encryption keys to a user. The wireless device may print a page specifying the one or more wireless security parameters and the one or more encryption keys or generate and send to the user an electronic message, email or facsimile containing the one or more wireless security parameters and the one or more encryption keys.