User's Manual
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D
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Link
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anual
A
ppendix
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W
i
r
eless
Basics
Knowledge
B
ase
Wireless
B
asics
D-Link wireless products are based
on
industry standards
to
provide high-speed wireless connectivity
that
is easy
to
use
within
your home
,
business
or public
access wireless
net
w
or
ks
.
D-Link wireless products provides you
with
access
to the
data you
w
an
t
,
whenever and
wherever
you
want
it
.
Enjoy
the
freedom
that
wireless networking can
bring to
y
ou
.
WLAN use is
not only
increasing
in both
home and office
en
vironmen
ts
,
but in public
areas as
w
ell
,
such as
air
por
ts
,
coffee shops and
univ
ersities
.
Innovative ways
to
utilize WLAN
technology
are
allowing
people
to
work and communicate more efficien
tly
.
Increased
mobility
and
the absence
of
cabling and
other
t
ypes
of
fixed infrastructure have proven
to be
beneficial
to
many
users
.
Wireless adapter cards used
on laptop
and desktop systems
support
the
same protocols
as
E
thernet
adapter cards,
allowing
wireless users
to use
the
same applications
as those used
on
a
wired
net
w
or
k
.
People use WLAN
technology
for
many
different purposes:
• Mobility - productivity
increases when people can have access
to
data
in
any location
within the
operating range
of their WLAN.
M
anagemen
t
decisions based
on
real-time
information
can significantly improve
the
efficiency
of
a
w
or
ker
.
• Low implementation
costs - WLANs are easy
to
set up
,
manage
,
change and
r
eloca
t
e
.
Networks
that
frequently change can
benefit from
WLAN’s ease
of
implementation.
WLANs can
oper
a
t
e
in
locations where installation
of wiring
may
be
impr
ac
tical
.
• Installation and network
expansion
- by
avoiding
the
complications
of
troublesome
cables
,
a WLAN system can
be
fast and easy
during
installation, especially since
it
can
eliminate
the
need
to pull
cable
through
walls and
c
eilings
.
Wireless
technology provides more
versatility
by
extending
the
network beyond
the
home
or
offic
e
.
•
Inexpensive
solution -
wireless network devices are
as
competitively priced
as
conventional
E
thernet
network
devic
es
.
The DAP-2330
sa
v
es
money
by providing
users
with multi-functionality
configurable
in four different
modes
.
•
S
calabilit
y -
Configurations can
be
easily changed and range
from
Peer-to-Peer
net
w
or
ks
,
suitable
for
a small number
of
users
to larger
Infrastructure networks
to
acc
ommoda
t
e
hundreds
or
thousands
of
users,
depending
on the
number
of
wireless devices
deplo
yed
.