Canon PIXMA MP495 Manual - Page 755

About Technical Terms Page 755 of 759 pages Advanced Guide > About Network Communication > Glossary > About Technical Terms N100 About Technical Terms In this section, technical terms used in the manual are explained. A B C D F I K L M O P R S T U W A Access Point A wireless transceiver or base station that receives information from wireless clients/the machine and rebroadcasts it. Required in an infrastructure network. Ad-hoc Client computer and machine setting where wireless communication occurs on a peer-topeer basis, i.e., all clients in with the same SSID/network name communicate directly with each other. No access point is required. This machine does not support ad-hoc communication. Admin Password Administration password in Canon IJ Network Tool to restrict access to network users. It must be entered to access the printer and change printer settings. When the printer's network settings are factory default, the admin password does not have to been entered. AES An encryption method. It is optional for WPA. Strong cryptographic algorithm adopted within U.S. government organizations for information processing. Authentication Method The method that an access point uses to authenticate a printer through a wireless LAN. The methods are agreeable each other. When using WEP as an encryption method, the authentication method is able to fix to Open System or Shared Key. (The default authentication method is Auto.) For WPA/WPA2, authentication method is PSK. Auto