User's Manual

Wireless LAN PC Card User’s Guide
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2 Wireless LAN basics
Wireless LAN network defined by IEEE 802.11b standard committee could be
configured as:
• Ad Hoc wireless LAN,
or
• Infrastructure wireless LAN.
Ad Hoc network is a group of notebooks with wireless LAN PC cards, called a
BSS (Basic Service Set). These notebooks use their wireless LAN PC cards to
communicate with each other directly.
Figure 2-1 Ad Hoc
wireless network
The most obvious
differentiation between
Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc wireless network is that the notebooks in
Infrastructure wireless network can make use of the resource in the Internet through
Access Point.
STA 3
STA 1
STA 2
Access Point
Internet
Figure 2-2 Infrastructure wireless network
To set up your notebook’s network as the type of “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure”
wireless network depends completely on your requirement. Generally, if your network
environment has an Access Point, it’s recommend that you set it as “Infrastructure”
mode to connect to the Internet.
3 Installation
This section describes the procedures for installing the Wireless LAN PC Card under
STA 1
STA 2
STA 3