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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, and Windows 2000, NT4.0 and Windows Millennium.
Package Contents
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W-Link WN-2012 Wireless LAN PC Card
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W-Link Wireless LAN CD-ROM with drivers and utilities
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User’s Guide
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Quick Start Guide
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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
W-Link WN-2012 Wireless LAN PC card can build a Ad-hoc Peer-to-Peer wireless networks to
share files with each other, share a public office printer and other peripheral resources, and even
access the Internet via a modem.
Infrastructure Networking
802.11b-compatible Access Point is a bridge or router for connect 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 W-Link WN-2012 Wireless LAN PC
Card can access to fixed local network resources.
