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Ba ck to Con te nts
W ire le s s N e t w o rk Ov e rv ie w : I n t e l( R)
P RO/ W ire le s s 3 9 4 5 ABG N e t w o rk
Co n n e c t io n Us e r Gu id e
Ab o u t W ire le s s N e t w o rk Te c h n o lo g y
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Se le ct a Wire le ss Ne twork
● Configure a Wire le s s Ne twork
● Ide n tify a Wire le ss Ne twork
A wire le s s n e twork conn e cts com pute rs without n e twork ca ble s.
In s te a d com pute rs u s e ra dio com m u nica tions to se n d da ta be twe e n
e a ch othe r. You ca n com m u n ica te dire ctly with othe r wire le s s
com pute rs, or conne ct to a n e xistin g ne twork throu gh a wire le s s
a cce s s poin t. Whe n you se t up you r wire le ss a da pte r, you s e le ct the
ope ra ting m ode for the kind of wire le s s ne twork you wa nt. You ca n use
your Intel(R) PRO/ Wire le s s Ne twork Conne ction s a da pte r to conne ct to
othe r sim ila r wire le ss de vice s th a t com ply with the 8 02 .11 sta nda rd for
wire le s s n e tworking.
S e le c t a W ire le s s N e t w o rk Mo d e
Wire le s s n e tworks ca n ope ra te with or with out a cce ss points,
de pe n ding on the n um be r of use rs in the ne twork. Infra structure m ode
use s a cce ss points to a llow wire le ss com pute rs to se nd a nd re ce ive
inform a tion. Wire le ss com pute rs tra nsm it to the a cce ss point, the
a cce s s poin t re ce ive s th e inform a tion a n d re broa dca s ts it to othe r
com pute rs. The a cce ss point ca n a lso conne ct to a wire d ne twork or to
th e In te rne t. Multiple a cce ss points ca n work toge the r to provide
cove ra ge ove r a wide a re a .