Avery Dennison ADTP1 MonarchNet2, Operating Instructions Manual

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Signal St rength A percentage (1 to 100) o f 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
e xperiencing interference or close to being out of access point range, and below 50, p rinting
performance could be affected. To impro ve the si gnal strength, try mo ving the printer closer
to the access point and awa y f rom other radio devi ces such as Bluetooth® wireless devices,
microwa ve o vens, or
2.4-GHz cordless phones.
Speed or
Transmit Rate Sets the ma ximum rate of communication between the devices on the net wor k. 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, an d 54.
SSID o r
Service Set
Identifier A unique identifier that must match for all nodes on a subnetwork to commun icate with each
other. It consists of up to 32 characters (any printa ble character, including spaces).
If using the space character, it must be enclosed in quotation marks. It is case-sensitive.
Static
Method One of the a vailable boot methods. Use static if your net work uses fi xed con figuration. The
IP address remains the same every time the devic e connects to the network .
Subnet A portion of a net work tha t shares a common address component. On TCP/IP net works,
subnets are all devices wi th the same prefi x. For e xample, all devices that start with
192.192.192 are part of t he same subnet. Dividing a net work into subnets is useful for both
security and performance reasons.
Subnet Mask A mask is used to determine what subnet an IP add ress belongs to. Companies often have
ranges of IP addresses that can be described by one or more masks. For e xample, a mask of
255.255.255.0 allows vari ation in the last position only, because the first thre e positions are
fi xed.
Telnet A Te rminal Emulation program for TCP/I P net works that runs on your comput er and connects
your computer to a ser ver on the net work. You ente r commands through the Telnet program
and they run as if you wer e entering them directly o n the server console.
TCP/IP A wa y that t wo de vices can transmit data between e ach other. TCP/IP ( Trans mission Control
Protocol/ Internet Protoco l) is generally the standar d for transmitting data over a net work.
TKIP (Tempo ral
Ke y Integri t y
Protocol)
Changes the encryption k eys regularly and has time limits before new ke ys are created.
Changing the key periodi cally provides additional security.
TLS (Transpo rt
La yer Securi t y) A cryptographic protocol t hat uses client-side and server-side certificates to authenticate
users on the W eb. It can dynamically create user-b ased and session-based keys.
TTLS (Tunneled
Transport La ye r
Securit y) Provides certificate-base d, server-side, mutual aut hentication of the client and netwo rk
through an encrypted cha nnel (or tunnel). It can d ynamically create user-ba sed and
session-based keys.
Transmit Rate See Speed .
WEP or
Wired
Equiva lent
Pri vac y A security protocol for wir eless local area networks. W EP was designed to provide the same
level of security as that of a wired net work, which is inherently more secure t han a wi reless
netwo rk because wired ne t works are easily protecte d against unauthorized access. W ireless
netwo rks use radio waves to communicate and can be vulnerable to unauthor ized users.
W EP provides security by encrypting data o ver radi o wa ves so that it is prote cted as it is
transmitted. Ho weve r, it h as been found that W EP is not as secure as once believed.
Note : If one par t of a wir eless network has W EP enabled, they all must have it enabled with
the same key or they can not communicate.
128 Bit / 64 Bit
WEP Ke y This is the 64 or 128 bit W EP key that must match other Nodes’ encryption keys in order to
communicate: 10 hex characters for 64 bit (40 user-specified characters), or 26 he x
characters for 128 bit (104 user-specified characters). You must use the same key values for
devices to communicate with each other .
WL AN o r
Wireless Local
Area Netw ork A LAN that uses high-freq uency radio wa ves to communicate between nodes, rather than
telephone wires, etc.
WP A (Wi-F i
Protected
Access)
A net work security p rotocol that uses improved authentication and temporal keys. It was
created to address the we aknesses of W EP encrypt ion.
WP A2
(or IEE E 802.11i) A net work security p rotocol with st ronger encryptio n than W PA. It was created to address
the weaknesses of W EP encryption.