
EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter
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This is the easiest and least expensive way for the SOHO to set up a wireless
network. The image below depicts a network in ad-hoc mode.
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Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an Access Point (AP). In this mode,
all wireless communication between two computers has to be via the AP. It
doesn’t matter if the AP is stand-alone or wired to an Ethernet network. If used
in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of independent wireless LANs by
acting as a repeater, which effectively doubles the distance between wireless
stations. The image below depicts a network in infrastructure mode.