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Signal Strength
A percentage (1 to 100) of the connection between the device and access point. If the signal
strength is 0, there is no connection with the access point; 30 or less indicates you may be
experiencing interference or close to being out of access point range, and below 50, printing
performance could be affected. To improve the signal strength, try moving the printer closer
to the access point and away from other radio devices such as Bluetooth® wireless devices,
microwave ovens, or
2.4-GHz cordless phones.
Speed or
Transmit Rate
Sets the maximum rate of communication between the devices on the network. It is also
called transmit rate. The speeds are in megabits per second (Mbps) and include: 1, 2, 5.5,
11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54.
SSID or
Service Set
Identifier
A unique identifier that must match for all nodes on a subnetwork to communicate with each
other. It consists of up to 32 characters (any printable character, including spaces).
If using the space character, it must be enclosed in quotation marks. It is case-sensitive.
Static
Method
One of the available boot methods. Use static if your network uses fixed configuration. The
IP address remains the same every time the device connects to the network.
Subnet A portion of a network that shares a common address component. On TCP/IP networks,
subnets are all devices with the same prefix. For example, all devices that start with
192.192.192 are part of the same subnet. Dividing a network into subnets is useful for both
security and performance reasons.
Subnet Mask
A mask is used to determine what subnet an IP address belongs to. Companies often have
ranges of IP addresses that can be described by one or more masks. For example, a mask of
255.255.255.0 allows variation in the last position only, because the first three positions are
fixed.
Telnet A Terminal Emulation program for TCP/IP networks that runs on your computer and connects
your computer to a server on the network. You enter commands through the Telnet program
and they run as if you were entering them directly on the server console.
TCP/IP A way that two devices can transmit data between each other. TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/ Internet Protocol) is generally the standard for transmitting data over a network.
TKIP (Temporal
Key Integrity
Protocol)
Changes the encryption keys regularly and has time limits before new keys are created.
Changing the key periodically provides additional security.
TLS (Transport
Layer Security)
A cryptographic protocol that uses client-side and server-side certificates to authenticate
users on the Web. It can dynamically create user-based and session-based keys.
TTLS (Tunneled
Transport Layer
Security)
Provides certificate-based, server-side, mutual authentication of the client and network
through an encrypted channel (or tunnel). It can dynamically create user-based and
session-based keys.
Transmit Rate
See Speed.
WEP or
Wired
Equivalent
Privacy
A security protocol for wireless local area networks. WEP was designed to provide the same
level of security as that of a wired network, which is inherently more secure than a wireless
network because wired networks are easily protected against unauthorized access. Wireless
networks use radio waves to communicate and can be vulnerable to unauthorized users.
WEP provides security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it is
transmitted. However, it has been found that WEP is not as secure as once believed.
Note: If one part of a wireless network has WEP enabled, they all must have it enabled with
the same key or they cannot communicate.
128 Bit / 64 Bit
WEP Key
This is the 64 or 128 bit WEP key that must match other Nodes’ encryption keys in order to
communicate: 10 hex characters for 64 bit (40 user-specified characters), or 26 hex
characters for 128 bit (104 user-specified characters). You must use the same key values for
devices to communicate with each other.
WLAN or
Wireless Local
Area Network
A LAN that uses high-frequency radio waves to communicate between nodes, rather than
telephone wires, etc.
WPA (Wi-Fi
Protected
Access)
A network security protocol that uses improved authentication and temporal keys. It was
created to address the weaknesses of WEP encryption.
WPA2
(or IEEE 802.11i)
A network security protocol with stronger encryption than WPA. It was created to address
the weaknesses of WEP encryption.