Deployment scenarios, Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) – SonicWALL Wireless Card User Manual
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Frequently changing environments - Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing
sites where the workplace is frequently being rearranged.
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Difficult-to-wire environments - There are many situations where wires cannot easily be laid. His-
toric buildings, older buildings, open areas and across busy streets make the installation of LANs ei-
ther impossible or very expensive.
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Temporary workgroups - Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibitions, disaster-recov-
ery, temporary office and construction sites where you need a temporary WLAN established and re-
moved.
Deployment Scenarios
This section provides deployment scenarios to help you understand how wireless LAN products work
together to create a wireless network. Refer to the following deployment scenarios:
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Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or office LANs
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Infrastructure for Enterprise LANs
Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)
The ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) mode is the simplest network configuration that supports several computers
equipped with SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Cards to form a wireless network. In ad-hoc
mode, each client is peer-to-peer and would only have access to the resources of the other client. In ad-
hoc mode, the client does not require an access point.