User's Manual

Laputa MiniPCI
TwinMOS
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Laputa MiniPCI WIRELESS NETWORK SCENARIOS
The Laputa MiniPCI enables you to:
z Connect your computer to a Peer-to-Peer workgroup of wireless computing devices
(see Figure 1-1 on page 7).
z Connect your computer to a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network that
includes a Residential Gateway (RG) access point (see Figure 1-2 on page 8).
z Connect your computer to a Local Area Network (LAN) Infrastructure that includes
Access Points, or other IEEE 802.11 compliant LAN systems (see Figure 1-3 and
Figure 1-4).
z Expand the capabilities of your Access Points, to support wireless devices that have
been equipped with Laputa MiniPCI.
Peer-to-Peer Workgroup
The Peer-to-Peer workgroup configuration enables you to quickly set up a small
wireless workgroup, where the workgroup participants can exchange files using
features like “Files and Printer Sharing” as supported by Microsoft Networking.
Figure 1-1 Peer-to-Peer Wireless Workgroup
You can use this option to setup a temporary or ad-hoc network in environments
where no access points are available (for example in Small Office/Home Office
(SOHO) environments). As long as the stations are within range of one another, this is
the easiest and least expensive way to set up a wireless network.