User's Manual

Octopus CardBus
TwinMOS
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Octopus Card Bus WIRELESS NETWORK SCENARIOS
The Octopus Card Bus enables you to:
z Connect your computer to a Ad-Hoc workgroup of wireless computing devices (see Figure 1-1 on
page 7).
z Connect your computer to a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network that includes a Residential
Gateway (RG) access point (see Figure 1-2 on page 8).
z Connect your computer to a Local Area Network (LAN) Infrastructure that includes Access Points, or
other IEEE 802.11 compliant LAN systems (see Figure 1-3 and Figure 1-4).
z Expand the capabilities of your Access Points, to support wireless devices that have been equipped
with Octopus Card Bus.
Ad-Hoc Workgroup
The Ad-Hoc workgroup configuration enables you to quickly set up a small wireless workgroup, where
the workgroup participants can exchange files using features like “Files and Printer Sharing” as
supported by Microsoft Networking.
Figure 1-1 Ad-Hoc Wireless Workgroup
You can use this option to setup a temporary or ad-hoc network in environments where no access points
are available (for example in Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments). As long as the stations