Sony AIBO ERA-201D1 Operating Instructions Manual page 33

Infrastructure mode
Also referred to as "Access point mode."
This mode is used when a device
equipped with a wireless LAN card
communicates with the access point. In
this mode, the wireless channel specified
by the access point is used for
communication. For AIBO, you must
specify SSID and WEP key which
matches those on the access point.
IP address
Number used for identifying the device
within the TCP/IP network. An IP
address consists of four numbers each of
which is from 0 to 255.
Example: 192.168.1.1
10.0.1.1
LAN (Local Area network)
A relatively small network usually
constructed using the Ethernet, with
transmission rate from 10Mbps to
100Mbps. When an access point is used,
a wireless LAN and wired LAN can be
connected.
SSID (Service Set ID)
Also referred to as "access point ID" or
"group name." The SSID is specified
through the access point or the personal
computer which is set to IBSS Peer-to-
Peer mode, and is used for
communication within wireless LAN
network as the network name.
The SSID can be entered using up to 32
alphanumeric characters.
Subnet mask
An IP address consists of four numbers
each of which is from 0 to 255 (see IP
address). For more efficient operation,
an IP address is divided into two
components: network component and
host component. The subnet mask is the
value set for dividing the IP address into
the network segment and host segment.
In subnet mask, the digits specified as
"1" (in binary code) determines network
component.
Example: The network component and
host component of the device whose IP
address is 192.168.1.1 when the subnet
mask is 255.255.255.0
192.168. 1: network component
1: host component
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