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2 Wireless LAN Basics
The Wireless LAN defined by IEEE 802.11b standard committee could be
configured as:
•
Ad Hoc wireless LAN or
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Infrastructure wireless LAN
Ad Hoc wireless network is a group of PCs installed with the Wireless PCMCIA
card, e.g. VCTnet AirXpress PC11B, or USB Wireless Network Adapter, e.g. VCTnet
Airpress UC11B, to compose a Basic Service Set (BSS). The PCs in the same BBS
communicate with each other directly with the WLAN devices.
STA 1
STA 2
STA 3
Figure 2-1 Ad Hoc wireless network
The most obvious differentiation between Infrastructure wireless network and
Ad Hoc wireless network is that the notebooks in Infrastructure wireless network can
make use of the resource in the Internet through Access Point .
STA 3
STA 1
STA 2
Access Point
Internet
Figure 2-2 Infrastructure wireless network
To set up your notebook’s network as the type of “ Ad Hoc ” or “ Infrastructure ”
wireless network depends completely on your requirement. Generally, if your network
environment has an
Access Point , we recommend that you set it as “ Infrastructure ”
to connect to the Internet .
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