HP Jetdirect 280m - 802.11b Wireless Print Server User Manual page 33

Network Basics
the network, the network
name of a computer or
other device must match
the name configured into
the access point.
Authentication:
Authentication verifies the
identity of a user or device
before the user or device is
allowed to transmit onto
the network. There are
several different schemes of
authentication that you
might encounter when
installing an HP Jetdirect
print server:
Open system: No
authentication.
Shared key: Each
device uses the same
shared key (a shared
password value) for
network access.
Server-based
authentication: A
server on the
network
authenticates each
client that requests a
connection to the
network. There are
several protocols
available, all based
on the Extensible
Authentication
Protocol (EAP).
Briefly described,
they are:
LEAP
(Lightweight
Extensible
Authentication
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