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Appendix A - Wireless Basics
Security
Don’t let your next-door neighbors or intruders connect to your wireless network. Secure your wireless network by
turning on the WPA, WPA2, or WEP security feature on the access point. Refer to product manual for detail information
on how to set it up.
There are basically two modes of networking:
• Infrastructure –
All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless bridge.
• Ad-Hoc –
Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless
network adapters on each computer, such as two or more wireless network Cardbus adapters.
An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless bridge. All the wireless devices, or clients, will connect
to the wireless bridge or access point.
An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless cardbus adapters. All the adapters must be in
Ad-Hoc mode to communicate.
Wireless Modes
