Specifications

PACKAGECONTENTS
•USBAdaptor
•Antenna(5dBigain)
•CD(Driver/Utility/User’sManual)
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CHAPTER2:NETWORKPLANNINGANDARCHITECTURE
AD‐HOCVERSUSINFRASTRUCTUREMODE
Wirelesslocalareanetworks(WLAN),asspecificedintheIEEE802.11b/gstandardshavetwo
differentconfigurationmodes:
•Ad‐Hoc
•Infrastructure
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Ad‐HocisagroupofcomputersequippedwitheitherWLANcardsorwirelessUSBadapters.
ThegroupofcomputersiscalledaBasicServiceSet(BSS).Theycommunicatewitheachother
eliminatingtheneedforanaccesspointorrouterdevice.ComputersinAd‐Hocmodecannot
communicatewithcomputersonawirednetworkorconnecttotheInternet.Inour
configurationsoftwareitisreferredtoas,“APmode”.Howeverthisdoesnotimplythatitisan
accesspointinthenormalsense.Ad‐Hocisshowninthediagramontheleftsidebelow.
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InfrastructureiswhereacomputerorothernetworkdeviceequippedwithwithWLANcardor
USBadaptercommunicatesdirectlywithanaccesspointorwirelessrouter.Infrastructure
modeisthenormalmodeofuseformostusers.Itisreferredtoas,“stationmode”inour
configurationsoftware.Aninfrastructureexampleisshowninthediagramontherightabove.
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