Dell Wireless Printer Adapter 3300 - Manual (Page 27)

Glossary
Ad-Hoc network
A stand-alone or peer-to-peer network in which wireless devices communicate directly with one another
without using a wireless access point or base station.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
BSS type
Basic Service Set, the type of wireless network that you are using. The BSS type can be one of the following:
Infrastructure network
Ad-Hoc network
Channel number
The channel number automatically defaults to Auto. You can select a channel if your configuration requires
that a channel be selected. In the US, valid channel numbers range from 1 to 11; in Europe, they range from
1 to 13.
Data encryption mode
The security protocol that is used to protect data that is transferred accross your wireless network and
provide network authentication. You can use one of the following protocols for data encryption:
None
Shared-WEP (Wired Equivalency Protocol)
The wireless network may use one to four WEP keys. A WEP key is like a password and must meet the
following criteria:
If using Hex characters, valid keys are either 10 or 26 characters long, and are comprised of 0-9
and A-F.
If using ASCII, valid keys are either 5 or 13 characters long, and are comprised of the standard
ASCII characters.
WPA-Personal (TKIP:PSK)-WPA (WiFi Protected Access) in PSK (Pre-Shared Key) mode