User Manual

Figure 1-3 A wireless Ad-hoc network

Infrastructure Mode

The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this

mode, all wireless communications between two computers have to be

via the AP no matter the AP is wired to Ethernet network or stand-alone.

If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of independent

wireless LANs by acting a repeater, which effectively doubling the

distance between wireless stations as shown in Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4

Extended-range independent WLAN using AP as repeater

If wired to an Ethernet network as shown in Figure 1-5, the AP serves