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4.4 General
This dialog box consists nine items can help you to monitor and configure the
Wireless LAN Adapter, the nine items are
“Connect Status”, “SSID”, “Operation
Mode”, “Channel”, “Frequency”, “Security”, “BSSID”, “Link Rate” and “Link
Status”.
Connect Status:
This displays connected or unconnected.
SSID
:
SSID is the group name that will be shared by every member of your wireless
network. You will only be able to connect with an Access Point, which has the same
SSID.
Operation Mode
:
The 802.11 standard supports two network topologies:
Infrastructure and Ad Hoc mode.
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Infrastructure –
This mode of operation requires the presence of 802.11b and
802.11g Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point, which
relays packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS as well as to modes on a
wired network such as Ethernet.
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Ad Hoc –
This is the 802.11g peer-to-peer mode of operation. All
communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point.
802.11 Ad Hoc networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless
connection.