Lexmark Network Printer Device User's Guide for Windows - Page 27

Glossary Ad-Hoc network. A stand-alone or peer-to-peer network in which wireless devices communicate directly with one another without using a wireless access point or base station. ASCII. A standard character set consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase letters, plus 32 nonprinting control characters. BSS Type. Basic Service Set, the type of wireless network that you are using. The BSS type can be one of the following: • Infrastructure network • Ad-Hoc network Channel number. A number associated with the radio frequency at which an 802.11 device operates. The channel numbers available vary by geographical region. Data Encryption mode. The security protocol that is used to protect data that is transferred accross your wireless network and provide network authentication. You can use one of the following protocols for data encryption: • None • Shared-WEP (Wired Equivalency Protocol) • WPA-Personal (TKIP:PSK)-WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) in PSK (Pre-Shared Key) mode DHCP. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network. With dynamic addressing, a device can automatically request an IP address every time it connects to the network. This means that a new device can be added to a network without having to manually assign a unique IP address. Hexadecimal. A numbering system that is used as a representation of binary numbers using a base of 16 digits. Infrastructure network. A network in which your wireless devices communicate through a central wireless access point or base station. An infrastructure network can contain multiple wireless access points. IP address. A number that identifies each device connected to the network. For example, 192.168.0.1. MAC address. A 12-character identifier that is unique for each network hardware device. For example, 0002001008e8. 21