HP Jetdirect 70x home Print Server - Manual (Page 8)

Introduction 3
It is also possible to connect your PCs and HP JetDirect 70X
together independent of your home telephone wiring, using
standard telephone cables. This is useful in small offices, where
each desk might have multiple independent telephone lines and
might not have a suitable arrangement for connection over one
telephone line.
Terms
Daisy chaining: a method of connecting multiple devices.
Driver: software that enables your PC to communicate with a
particular piece of hardware, such as a printer, modem, or network
card.
Home phoneline network: connects the PCs and printers in a
home, using existing phone lines.
HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance): an
association of companies working together to promote widespread
deployment of compatible, low-cost solutions for in-home,
phoneline-based networking.
LED (Light-emitting diode): a light on the top and back of the
HP JetDirect 70X.
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect): a standard PC
interface used to connect devices to PCs.
Phoneline splitter: a small telephone accessory that allows two
or more telephone devices (answering machines, faxes, phones) to
share one phone jack. You can buy a phoneline splitter at your local
electronics shop. Some splitters can divide a line into two, three, or
more jacks. Make sure you buy a splitter that divides a wall jack for
a single phone number into two or more jacks for the same number.
POTS (Plain old telephone services): the regular phone
services, such as voice calls and fax transmissions.
RJ-11: the most common telephone jack used in household or office
phones.