Network setup
Chapter 2
(continued)
Parameter | Description |
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Configuration | The protocol used to assign the IP address to the HP |
Source | ● AutoIP: The installation software automatically determines the |
| configuration parameters. |
| ● DHCP: The configuration parameters are supplied by a dynamic |
| host configuration protocol (DHCP) server on the network. On |
| small networks, this could be a router. |
| ● Manual: The configuration parameters are set manually, such |
| as a static IP address. |
| ● Not Specified: The mode used when the HP |
| initializing. |
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DNS server | The IP address of the domain name service (DNS) for the network. |
| When you use the web or send an |
| domain name to do it. For example, the URL http://www.hp.com |
| contains the domain name hp.com. The DNS on the Internet |
| translates the domain name into an IP address. Devices use the IP |
| addresses to refer to one another. |
| ● IP Address: The IP address of the domain name server. |
| ● Not Specified: The IP address is not specified, or the device is |
| initializing. |
| Note Check to see if a DNS IP address appears on the network |
| configuration page. If no address is shown, obtain the DNS IP |
| address from your Internet service provider (ISP). |
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Wireless Status | Status of the wireless network: |
| ● Connected: The HP |
| and everything is working. |
| ● Disconnected: The HP |
| wireless LAN due to incorrect settings (such as the wrong WEP |
| key), the HP |
| plugged in and connected to an active network. |
| ● Disabled: The radio is turned off. |
| ● Not applicable: This parameter does not apply to this network |
| type. |
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Communication | An IEEE 802.11 networking framework in which devices or stations |
Mode | communicate with each other: |
| ● Infrastructure: The HP |
| network devices through a wireless access point, such as a |
| wireless router or base station. |
| ● Ad hoc: The HP |
| device on the network. No wireless access point is used. This |
| is also called a |
| called |
| ● Not applicable: This parameter does not apply to this network |
| type. |
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