HP 6800 manual

HP Deskjet 6800 series printer

g

Gateway: A dedicated device (router or computer) that connects two different networks. For example, a computer on an Ethernet network may act as a gateway between the network and the Internet.

h

Host name: The name by which the printer identifies itself on the network. The printer's host name appears on the HP Report page. Use the host name to open the printer's embedded Web server (EWS).

Hub: A simple device that acts as the center of an Ethernet network. Other devices on the network are connected to the hub.

i

ICS (Internet Connection Sharing): A Windows program that allows a computer to act as a gateway between the Internet and a network. ICS uses DHCP to assign IP addresses. See Windows documentation for more information about ICS.

Internet Sharing: A Macintosh OSX program that allows a computer to act as a gateway between the Internet and a network. See Macintosh documentation for more information about Internet Sharing.

IP address (Internet Protocol address): A unique number that identifies a device on a network. The IP address is often automatically assigned by DHCP or AutoIP. However, a device can be manually assigned a static IP address.

Infrastructure network: A type of wireless network in which devices communicate with each other through a Wireless Access Point (WAP), such as a wireless network hub, router, or gateway.

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LAN (Local Area Network): A high-speed type of computer network that connects devices that are a relatively short distance from one another. An Ethernet network is one type of LAN.

m

MAC address (Media Access Control address): The hardware address for a device on a network. The printer's MAC address appears on the HP Report page.

Mb/s (megabits per second): The measure for the rate at which a network functions. For example, 1 Mb/s equals 1,000,000 bits per second (or 125,000 bytes per second).

mDNS: As an alternative to a Domain Name Server, a device issues a Multicast Domain Name Server (mDNS) notification to provide information regarding its service. The notification includes the type of service (such as printing), the name of the service (such as “your printer”), IP and port addresses, and other necessary information. Each device on the network receives the notification and stores the information in a personal DNS server.

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