D-Link DW-655H, User Manual

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Introduction
This User Guide is to guide you to install a Wireless LAN designed for both large and small
business and SOHO environments and let you share a local printer and files, access
internet, and roam about different working places. The attached drivers and utilities support
for Windows 95 (OSR2), Windows 98, Windows 2000, NT4.0 and Windows Millennium.
Package Contents
DW-655H Wireless LAN PC Card
Wireless LAN CD-ROM with drivers and utilities
User’s Guide
Quick Start Guide
Warranty Card
Planning your Wireless LAN
There are two usage modes for Wireless LAN, Ad-hoc mode and Infrastructure mode.
Please review your need and build your Wireless LAN.
Ad-hoc Networking
Ad-hoc network also is called Peer-to-Peer network. Without Access Point, notebook users
with DW-655H Wireless LAN PC card can build Ad-hoc Peer-to-Peer wireless networks to
share files with each other, share a public office printer and other peripheral resources,
even access the Internet via a modem.
Infrastructure Networking
802.11b-compatible Access Point is a bridge or routers connecting to the wired Ethernet
network and wireless network. Through the deployment of Access Point, wireless LAN can
be extended to the reach of a wired network. Therefore, a notebook user with DW-655H
Wireless LAN PC Card can access to fixed local network resources.