User`s guide

Introduction
User’s Guide
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BreezeNET PRO.11 Series
1.3.1 The BreezeNET PRO.11 Access Point
The BreezeNET PRO.11 Access Point is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.11
Wireless LAN standard.
The Access Point is a wireless hub that provides access for wireless workstations
into wired Ethernet LANs. It also contains the wireless relaying function that
enables workstations equipped with a Station Adapter (Station Adapter, Bridge, and
SA-PCR) to communicate with one another inside the cell coverage area (even if
they are not in direct line of sight) via the Access Point. Any two wireless stations
in two different cells can communicate through their Access Points.
The BreezeNET Access Point can support various data rates simultaneously: at
3 Mbps, 2 Mbps or 1 Mbps.
Figure 1-1. AP-10 PRO.11 with Two
Built-in Omni-Directional Antennas
Mobile workstations, such as laptops and hand-held devices, can roam between
Access Points that belong to the same Extended Service Set (ESS). In an Extended
Service Set, all Access Points have the same ESSID. When the access points are set
up so that their coverage areas overlap, users can roam seamlessly from cell to cell.
This means that there is no interruption of network connection when moving from
one coverage area to the other through the overlap area. The roaming is completely
transparent to the user and the applications. The Station Adapters decide when a