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Chapter 6
Wireless Adapter Utility Configuration
This chapter will elaborate on the Client Manager configuration of the USB adapter
using some simple examples.
The USB adapter can be configured for 2 types of wireless architectures – Ad-hoc and
Infrastructure. The different operational modes are shown in the following diagrams to
allow you to easily understand how to configure your USB adapter.
6.1 Ad-hoc
Mode
In an Ad-hoc architecture, the wireless clients communicate directly with one
another. No access point exists in such a wireless LAN configuration. Each
wireless client can directly transfer data packets with each other.
Usually, the operation would be automatically detected and configured between
the peers. However, if you wish to, you can also set a common channel for all
Ad-hoc clients to use. This will be illustrated in the following section.
6.1.1
When to set up Ad-hoc Mode
Wireless client
Wireless client
Wireless client
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Ad-hoc mode is also referred to as peer-to-peer mode or as Independent Basic
Service Set (IBSS). Ad-hoc mode is useful when wireless devices are within
range of each other and can discover and communicate among themselves
without an AP. The figure below illustrates a family using Ad-hoc mode to share
files and devices directly with one another.
For PC1
1.
Set your PC1’s IP address to
192.168.168.11
; subnet mask to
255.255.255.0
and activate your USB adapter’s Utility.
NOTE
Ad-hoc mode works best when the network uses static IP addressing.
The IP addresses of all the computers in the Ad-hoc network must be in
the same subnet (e.g. 192.168.168.xxx); and the subnet mask must also
be the same.
2.
Proceed to the
Profile Management
tab.