Aironet Lan Adapter User Manual
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Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter
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Figure 1.3 - Wireless Infrastructure with Workstations
Accessing a Wired LAN
A Micro-Cellular Network can be created by placing two or
more Aironet Access Points on a LAN.
The Aironet roaming protocols allow remote workstations to
move from one microcell domain to another. The process is
seamless and transparent. The connection to the file server
or host is maintained without disruption. This configuration
is useful with portable or mobile stations allowing them to
be directly connected to the wired network, even while mov-
ing about (roaming). When an infrastructure is configured
using multiple Aironet Access Points and/or repeaters, a
mobile station is automatically associated and re-associ-
ated to the Aironet Access Point which provides the best
performance. This is referred to as seamless roaming.
File Server
Wired LAN
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Aironet
Access Point
(Root Unit)
Aironet
Access Point
(Root Unit)