10
Getting Started
With its default settings, the DWL-120 will connect with other
D-Link
Air
products, right out of the box.
A wireless Router -
D-Link
Air
Pro DI-764
A laptop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link
Air
Plus DWL-650+
A desktop computer with another
D-Link
Air
DWL-120
A Cable modem -
D-Link DCM-200
There are basically two modes of networking:
Infrastructure
– using an Access Point, such as the DWL-900AP+.
Ad-Hoc
– directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer
communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such
as two or more DWL-120 wireless network USB adapters.
On the following pages we will show you an example of an
Infrastructure
Network
and an
Ad-Hoc Network
.
An
Infrastructure
network contains an Access Point or Router. The
Infrastructure Network
example shown on the following page contains the
following D-Link network devices (your existing network may be comprised
of other devices):