LPD/LPR | A printer protocol that uses TCP/IP to establish connections |
| between printers on a network. Also known as Line Printer |
| Daemon/Line Printer Remote. |
MAC Address or | A hardware address |
Media Access | of a network. The MAC address is set during manufacturing |
Control | and does not change. Also, two Network Interface Cards (NIC) |
| will not have the same value. |
MSCHAPv2 | MSCHAPv2 is the Microsoft® version of CHAP. It is a three- |
(Challenge | way handshake protocol that is more secure than PAP. It |
Handshake | provides mutual authentication between devices. |
Authentication |
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Protocol) |
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NIC or | An adapter (board or card) that can be inserted into a device, |
Network | so the device can be connected to a network. The NIC |
Interface Card | converts data from the device into the form transmitted or |
| received from the network |
Node | A processing location on a network. The location can be a |
| workstation, computer, or printer. Each Node has a unique |
| MAC address. |
Open | This allows any device to authenticate and then attempt to |
Authentication | communicate with the access point. Any wireless device can |
| authenticate with the access point, but if WEP is used, the |
| device can communicate only if its WEP keys match the access |
| point's. There is no challenge that occurs, you either have the |
| correct key or not when you communicate with the access |
| point. By eliminating the challenge process, it actually makes |
| this more secure than shared key authentication. |
PAP (Password | A simple authentication protocol used with PPP |
Authentication | Protocol). It is a plain text password system, which is not very |
Protocol) | secure. |
Pathname | The location of a particular file or directory that includes the |
| full path to the needed filename or directory. This is a |
| combination of path and filename. |
PEAP (Protected
Extensible
Authentication
Protocol)
Authenticates clients into a network using only
Ping | A way to determine if a device is accessible. It sends a packet |
| to the specified address and waits for a reply. |
Protocol | This is the way two devices transmit data between each other, |
| including error checking, data compression, and how messages |
| start and end. |