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Notebook with Wireless PC Card
Notebook with
Wireless PC Card
Desktop PC with
Wireless PC Card
Figure 1. Peer-to-Peer Configuration
1.3.2 Access Point Configuration
An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Access Point configuration. A group of
Wireless LAN cards and an Access Point (AP) is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each WLAN
card in this BSS can be linked to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the AP.
Access Point configuration not only extends the accessibility of a WLAN Card to the wired LAN,
but also doubles the effective wireless transmission range between two WLAN Cards.
BSS ID is, in essential, the ID of each independent WLAN Card. All WLAN Cards configured
without roaming options in this independent BSS must be configured with BSS ID of that AP. You
may need to check BSS ID of your AP by using its vendor supplied program.
Access Point configuration is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database,
or wireless application for mobile workers.
Two APs can be used as a point-to-point link between two LANs. LAN interconnection is
applicable to a wireless backbone between buildings.