User's Manual

ezWAVE Cards Users’ Guide Version 1.6

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consists of a radio, a wired network interface (e.g., 802.3), and bridging software

conforming to the 802.1d bridging standard. The access point acts as the base station

for the wireless network, aggregating access for multiple wireless stations onto the wired

network. Wireless end stations can be 802.11 PC Card, PCI.

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The 802.11 standard define two modes: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode (or

independent or peer-to-peer).

y Ad Hoc Mode

Ad hoc mode (also called peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic

Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.11 wireless stations that

communicate directly with one another without using an access point or any

connection to a wired network. This mode is useful for quickly and easily

setting up a wireless network anywhere that a wireless infrastructure does not

exist or is not required for services, such as a hotel room, convention center,

or airport, or where access to the wired network is barred (such as for

consultants at a client site).

Figure 1. Ad Hoc Mode

y Infrastructure Mode

In infrastructure mode, the wireless network consists of at least one access

Independent Basic

Service Set (IBSS)