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11Mbps IEEE802.11 Products

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Wireless LAN Access Point


Appendix A. Network Configuration

 

The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products support the same network configuration options of the legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by IEEE 802 standard committee.

The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products can be configured as:

Network Topology

Ad-Hoc

An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one wireless adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific Ad-Hoc wireless LAN must be configured at the same radio channel.

Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.

Infrastructure


Fig A.2 An Example of Infrastructure Wireless LAN

The 11Mbps Wireless LAN devices provides access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN PC users and an Access Point construct a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each wireless-equipped PC in this BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point.

Infrastructure configuration will extend the accessibility of a wireless station to the wired LAN. Multiple Access Points will allow roaming and it will increase the transmission range. The Access Point is also able to forward data within its BSS. The effective transmission range in an infrastructure LAN is doubled.

Fig A.3 The effective Transmission Range


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