User's Manual

10
Configuration
Description
The IEEE802.11 standard defines two operating mode; “ad-hoc” mode and
“Infrastructure” mode.
The concept of “ad-hoc” is that several wireless stations (such as notebooks) can
get together in a local area (such as conference room) to form a wireless network.
This would enable the sharing of documents and collaborative working using
applications (such as Microsoft’s NetMeeting). In “ad-hoc” mode all the
operations are peer to peer and no access point is required.
The “Infrastructure” mode requires the use of an access point. In this mode all
wireless communication is between a station and an access point. Even if there
are two wireless stations they can communicate directly in the manner described
for “ad-hoc” networks, they must communicate with each other via the access
point.
Setup Network
1. After finishing installing software and rebooting the computer, the screen
will show a dialog box titled “Enter Network Password”. You can enter
your password if it had been set or just click “OK”.