User's Manual Part 1

G101 Series WLAN Card
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G101 WIRELESS NETWORK SCENARIOS
The G101 WLAN adapter offers to:
zConnect an Ad-Hoc workgroup of wireless computing devices (see Figure 1-1 on page 6).
zConnect to a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network that includes a Residential Gateway (RG)
access point (see Figure 1-2 on page 7).
zConnect 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).
zExpand the capabilities of an Access Point, supporting wireless devices that have been equipped with
G101.
Ad-Hoc Workgroup
The Ad-Hoc workgroup configuration facilitates 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
This option offers 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 are
within range of one another, this is the easiest and least expensive way to set up a wireless network.