User's Manual
9
Getting Started
Access Point – using an Access Point, such as the
DWL-900AP.
Peer-to-Peer – directly connecting to another computer, for
peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters
on each computer, such as two or more WMP-G04 wireless
network Mini PCI card.
On the following pages we will show you an example of an Infrastructure
Network and an Ad Hoc Network.
An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or Router. To utilize the
full features of the WMP-G04 you will need to include a radius server in your
network. The Infrastructure Network example shown on the following page
contains the following D-Link network devices (your existing network may be
comprised of other devices):
A wireless Access Point - D-Link AirPlus 900AP
A laptop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link AirPlusXtreme G DWL-G650
A desktop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link AirPlus DWL-520
(802.11b devices have speeds up to 11Mbps)
A Cable modem - D-Link DCM-200
There are basically two modes of networking:
n
n
n
n
n
n