About the software, Terms and concepts, About the software terms and concepts – Garmin STYLUS 3880 User Manual

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Introduction

About the Software

The software CD provided with your printer includes the following network
software.

EpsonNet Config for Windows is a Windows-based configuration utility
that allows you to configure the network interface. See “EpsonNet Config
for Windows” on page 26.

EpsonNet Config for Mac OS X is a Macintosh-based configuration utility
that allows you to configure the network interface. See “EpsonNet Config
for Mac OS X” on page 27.

EpsonNet Config with Web Browser is a web-based configuration utility
that allows you to configure the network interface. See “EpsonNet Config
with Web Browser” on page 27.

Terms and Concepts

Configuration -- a prepared set of conditions for proper operation of a device.
Configuring the network interface is to prepare it to work with protocols
available on a network.

DHCP -- a dynamic host configuration protocol. It is a protocol that assigns
dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network.

Protocol -- a rule that controls how data or information is exchanged through
a network. Computers and software cannot communicate with each other
using different protocols.

TCP/IP -- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a layer of protocols
that provides communication between nodes on a network.

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