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About Technical Terms

In this section, technical terms used in the manual are explained.

• Access Point

A wireless transceiver or base station that receives information from wireless clients/the machine and

rebroadcasts it. Required in an infrastructure network.

• Access point mode

The machine is used as an access point to connect external wireless communication devices (e.g.

computers, smartphones, or tablets) in an environment where no access point or wireless LAN router

is available. You can connect up to 5 devices to the machine using the access point mode.

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

Administrator password in IJ Network Tool to restrict access to network users. It must be entered to

access the printer and change printer settings.

An encryption method. It is optional for WPA/WPA2. Strong cryptographic algorithm adopted within

U.S. government organizations for information processing.