About Technical Terms - Canon MX450 Series Online Manual

About Technical Terms

In this section, technical terms used in the manual are explained.
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• 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-to-peer 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 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.
For WPA/WPA2, authentication method is PSK.
• Auto
The printer automatically changes its authentication method to match the access point.
• Open System
In this authentication method, the communication partner is authenticated without using WEP key even if
Use WEP is selected.
• Shared Key
In this authentication method, the communication partner is authenticated using the WEP key that was set for
encryption.
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