CHAPTER 1
Understanding your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network
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following figure shows PCs with Wireless II adapters in various rooms of a
house communicating directly with one another in peer-to-peer mode.
Infrastructure mode
In the Infrastructure mode, PCs transmit and receive data to and from a
gateway or an access point (AP). Many corporate networks use access
points, which serve as a communications hub for all PCs using 802.11b
wireless adapters to connect to a wireless or wired LAN. A residential
gateway can be used in home networks to connect to the Internet.
The following figures show examples of two types of
Infrastructure
networks
. The first illustration shows a wireless PC and a public access
point in an airport. These access points are sometimes called hotspots. The
