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Access Point to your internet connection (for example a cable modem
or ADSL modem), and use the wireless LAN to connect your
computers to the internet. The internet, or any other network outside
the gateway, is called a WAN (Wide Area Network).
1.4 Adding Access Points to your (network) environment
Where to place and how to connect an Access Point depends
entirely on your specific (network) environment. The
following sections give some guidelines on how to add Access
Points to your environment.
An Access Point can be used to:
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connect to a single computer (see section 1.4.1)
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extend an existing wired network (see section 1.4.2)
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create a wireless network (see section 1.4.3)
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create a gateway to the internet (see section 1.4.4)
These are not the only ways you can use an Access Point. You
can adapt these basic scenarios for use in your network
environment.
The scenarios listed below are described in more detail in
chapter 4: ‘Basic configuration’
The Access Point also has a number of advanced functions.
These are not required for the Access Point to function, but
are optional. These functions are described in chapter 5:
‘Advanced configuration’.
