10
Getting Started
Infrastructure
– using an access point or wireless router
such as the DWL-7100AP.
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-AG530 Wireless
PCI 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
Premier
TM
AG DI-784
A laptop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link
Air
Premier
TM
AG DWL-AG660
A desktop computer with a wireless adapter -
D-Link
Air
Premier
TM
AG DWL-AG530
A ADSL modem -
D-Link DSL-300T
There are basically two modes of networking:
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Due to DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection), 5GHz Ad-Hoc mode is always disable in EEC countries.