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Table of Contents
1 Types of network connections and protocols 1
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................1
Wired network connection example.....................................................................................................1
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................3
TCP/IP protocols and functions...........................................................................................................3
2 Configuring your machine for a network 6
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ..............................................................................................6
IP address ...........................................................................................................................................6
Subnet mask........................................................................................................................................7
Gateway (and router)...........................................................................................................................7
3 Wireless network terms and concepts 8
Specifying your network.............................................................................................................................8
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .........................................................................................8
Security terms............................................................................................................................................9
Authentication and encryption .............................................................................................................9
Authentication and Encryption methods for a personal wireless network ...........................................9
4 Additional network settings from Windows
®
11
Types of additional network settings........................................................................................................11
Installing drivers used for printing and scanning via Web Services
(Windows Vista
®
and Windows
®
7)......................................................................................................12
Network printing and scanning installation for Infrastructure mode when using Vertical Pairing
(Windows
®
7)........................................................................................................................................13
A Appendix A 14
Using services .........................................................................................................................................14
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) ............................................15
Using DHCP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................15
Using RARP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................15
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address........................................................................................16
Using APIPA to configure the IP address..........................................................................................16
Using ARP to configure the IP address .............................................................................................17
BIndex 18
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