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Wireless Configurations 2-3
The wireless infrastructure is identified by a unique network name. All equipped
devices that wish to connect to this network, must be configured with an
identical network name.
Mobile wireless stations will maintain communication with the infrastructure as
long as they remain within range of the Access Point in their 11Mbps Wireless
LAN network.
Wireless Access to Ethernet Networks
Connecting Access Points to an Ethernet network, as pictured in Figure 2-3,
allows you to:
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create a wireless environment for mobile computers, or
■
connect a number of stations (mobile and/or desktop) to an existing ethernet
infrastructure, creating a larger coverage area.
Figure 2-3 Wireless to Ethernet Access Configuration
All wireless stations within this coverage area that wish to connect to the
network must be configured with the same network name as the Access Points.
Roaming wireless stations will automatically switch between Access Points,
when required, thus maintaining the wireless connection to the network.
Advanced Infrastructures
Multiple Channel Configuration
The stations are capable of switching their operating frequency channel
dynamically when roaming between Access Points that have been configured to
use different radio channels.
Using different channels enables you to optimize wireless performance,
assigning different frequency channels to neighboring Access Points. Multiple
frequency configurations may prove very useful in environments where: