Wireless network, Wireless lan connections – Samsung M60 User Manual

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Wireless Network

A wireless network (Wireless LAN) environment is a network environment that enables communicating between

multiple computers at home or a small-size office through wireless LAN devices.

Before You Start!

The descriptions below are for computer models with a Wireless LAN card or device. You can also configure the wireless network

settings using the Easy Network Manager. p. 100
A Wireless LAN device is optional. To view the installed wireless LAN card, click

Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound >

Device Manager > Network Adapter and click the + symbol.
The figures in this manual may differ from the actual ones depending on your wireless LAN device model.

To use the wireless LAN, you have to turn the wireless LAN on first by pressing the

Fn + (

) keys. If the wireless LAN is turned

on, the

Wireless LAN LED (

) is lit.

Wireless LAN Connections

Wireless network connections can be classified into 3 categories and this manual describes the connection procedures

for connecting through an AP.

Access Point (AP)

You can connect to the Internet or another computer on the network through an AP.

Note

What is an Access Point (AP)?
An AP is a network device that bridges wired and wireless LANs, and corresponds to a wireless hub in a wired network. You can

connect multiple wireless LAN installed computers to an AP.

Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network

This is also called a peer-to-peer network. In computer-to-computer wireless networks, you can connect 2 or more

computers with wireless LAN modules.

For details, see the descriptions that ap-pear when clicking

Start > Help and Support > Table of Contents >

Network-ing-connecting computers and devices > Setting up a network > Setting up a computer-to-computer

(ad hoc) network.

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