10
Getting Started
Infrastructure
– using an Access Point, or Wireless Router,
such as the DI-624+.
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-G650+ wireless
network Cardbus 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 a Wireless 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):
A wireless Router -
D-Link
Air
Plus Xtreme G+ DI-624+
A laptop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link
Air
Plus Xtreme G+ DWL-G650+
or
D-Link AirPlus DWL-650+
A desktop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link
Air
Plus Xtreme G+ DWL-G520+
or
D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+
A Cable modem -
D-Link DCM-200
There are basically two modes of networking: