HP Deskjet 6988dt Printer - Manual (Page 48)

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RJ-45: The type of plug at the end of an Ethernet cable.
Router: A complex networking device that directs packets from one network to another
network. A router can act as a gateway between a LAN and the Internet.
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Static IP address: An IP address that is manually assigned to a device on a network. A
static IP address remains fixed until changed manually. Alternative methods for assigning
IP address are DHCP and AutoIP.
Subnet: A small network that acts as part of a large network. It is recommended that the
printer and the computers that use the printer all be on the same subnet.
Subnet mask: A number that identifies the IP addresses that belong to a subnet.
Switch: A network device that manages network traffic in order to minimize collisions
and maximize speed.
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TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the network
communication protocol used on the Internet. The printer's built-in networking feature
supports LANs that use TCP/IP.
TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is an encryption method used in
WPA .
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Unicast packet: A packet sent from one device on a network to another device on the
network.
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WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) provides security by encrypting data sent over
radio waves from one wireless device to another wireless device. WEP encodes the data
sent across the network making the data unintelligible to eavesdroppers. Only devices
that share the same WEP settings as the printer will be able to communicate with the
printer. WEP depends on encryption keys that are static and provides less security than
WPA.
WEP key: A WEP key, or encryption key, is a sequence of alphanumeric characters or
hexadecimal digits. After creating a WEP key, you must remember it or store it in a secure
location. You might not be able to retrieve the WEP key if you lose it. A WEP key is either
64 or 128 bits long. The first 24 bits of the key are provided automatically. When creating
the WEP key, the person creating the key provides the remaining bits (40 bits in the case
of a 64-bit key, or 104 bits in the case of a 128-bit key).
Wireless Access Point (WAP): A Wireless Access Point (WAP) is a device through
which devices (for example, computers and printers) on an infrastructure wireless
network communicate with one another. A WAP is also called a base station.
Wireless profile: A wireless profile is a collection of wireless network settings that
applies to a particular wireless network. For example, a wireless LAN card can have one
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