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Using the Belkin 11Mbps Wireless Setup Utility
Click-on the Configuration tab and the following screen will appear:
1. Mode
Infrastructure Mode
A setup that uses a WAP to connect a wireless LAN to a wired LAN is called
an infrastructure configuration, and the setup is referred to as being in
Infrastructure Mode. The WAP serves as a bridge between the wired and
wireless network. Connecting the WAP to any port on the wired network will
give wireless access to all wireless equipped computers within its coverage
area. An WAP is configured with a Service Set Identifier. This is a "name" that is
given to the wireless network and is used by the wireless equipped computers
to access the wireless network. The WAP can also be configured to use
encryption or grant access to computers with specific MAC addresses. The
WAP also effectively doubles the distance that computers in the wireless LAN
can be located from one another. This is because the WAP serves as a central
point for routing of all the wireless network traffic between the wireless
computers. Wireless equipped computers networked together in infrastructure
mode form a group called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Up to 64 individual
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