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1 Introduction
Overview
This chapter introduces you to the Network Interface Card (NIC)
architecture and special features, as well as providing information
on installation and configuration tools.
What Is The NIC?
The NIC allows you to attach printers on a local area network (LAN)
rather than attaching them directly to a host system. Following
simple configuration steps, these peripherals can be
simultaneously shared with users on the network whether you are
using TCP/IP, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, or IPX (Novell
).
The NIC package contains an Ethernet Interface to attach itself and
the printer to the network. The NIC is supplied in one of four forms:
• an Ethernet adapter attached to the printer parallel port
• a wireless Ethernet adapter
• an integrated Ethernet card
• an integrated wireless Ethernet card.
Throughout this manual, features specific to each NIC type will be
indicated by the sideheads ADAPTER, WLAN ADAPTER,
ETHERNET, and WLAN.