User's Manual

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1.4 Applications
The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following list describes some of the many
applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs:
a) Difficult-to-Wire Environments
There are many situations where wires cannot be laid easily. Historic buildings, older buildings, multiple buildings,
and/or open areas make the installation of a Wired LAN impossible, impractical, and/or expensive.
b) Temporary Workgroups
Consider situations in open areas such as parks, athletic arenas, exhibition centers, temporary offices, and
construction sites where one wants a temporary Wireless LAN established and easily removed.
c) The Ability to Access Real-Time Information
Doctors/Nurses, Point-of-Sale Employees, and/or Warehouse Workers can access real-time information while
dealing with patients, serving customers, and/or processing information.
d) Frequently Changed Environments
Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where the network connection needs to
frequently be taken down.
e) Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) Networks
SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small network.
f) Wireless Extensions to Ethernet Networks
Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves, extensions to networks,
and other changes with wireless LANs.
g) Wired LAN Backup
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission-critical applications running on wired
networks.
h) Training/Educational Facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access to information,
information exchanges, and learning.