User's Manual

much different from it, except that WLAN offers unmatched flexibility, mobility, scalability
and convenience. WLAN can be easily used to extend your existing wired LAN or to
quickly set up a new LAN environment. Computers in a wireless LAN need to be
configured to share the same radio channel.
There are two modes of Wireless Network operation:
Ad-hoc mode
In this mode of
operation, peer-to-peer
(or point-to-point)
connectivity is
established between two
PCs for Internet sharing,
file sharing applications
etc. Each PC is equipped
with the Wireless
Adapter and they can
talk to each other without
an Access Point
Infrastructure mode
In this mode of
operation, multiple
wireless network
Adapters can connect to
an Access Point to form
a complete Wireless
network similar to a
Wired LAN. Also, in this
mode, the Access Point
can act as a bridge
between the Wireless
and Wired LAN.