User`s guide

4. Wireless Topologies

RangeLAN2 products look and operate similar to Ethernet products. The only difference is

that a radio replaces the wire between various nodes. This means that all of your existing

applications that operate over Ethernet will work with RangeLAN2 without any special

wireless networking software. Wireless products are typically used in several network

topologies described in this chapter.

Ad Hoc

With wireless LANs, one or more computers easily establish an ad hoc network when the

units are in range of each other. Each computer can dynamically connect and reconnect to

the others with no additional configuration, using off-the-shelf peer-to-peer network operat-

ing systems. With this capability, many companies are developing applications optimized for

ad hoc networks.

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Ad Hoc