ParkerVision WR1500 - Manual (Page 39)

WR1500
4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router
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Chapter 6:
Wireless Confi guration
This chapter discusses how to confi gure the Wireless screens on the
WR1500 Wireless Router.
6.1 Wireless LAN Overview
This section introduces the wireless LAN(WLAN) and some basic scenarios.
6.1.1 IBSS
An
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS), also called an Ad-hoc network, is the simplest
WLAN confi guration. An IBSS is defi ned as two or more computers with wireless adapters
within range of each other that from an independent (wireless) network without the need of an
Wireless Router (AP).
6.1.2 BSS
A
Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless stations or
between a wireless station and a wired network client go through one Wireless Router (AP).
Intra-BSS traffi c is traffi c between wireless stations in the BSS. When Intra-BSS is enabled,
wireless station A and B can access the wired network and communicate with each other.
When Intra-BSS is disabled, wireless station A and B can still access the wired network but
cannot communicate with each other.
The illustration on the next page describes a BSS setup.