Sony PCWA-C150S - Manual (Page 5)

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Overview
What you can do with your Wireless LAN PC Card
You can build a wireless LAN using the Wireless LAN PC Card PCWA-
C150S (subsequently referred to as “Wireless LAN PC Card”). Equipping
multiple computers with Wireless LAN PC Cards and installing the
supplied software enables the computers to communicate and exchange
data without a physical connection.
There are two basic configuration modes for a wireless LAN. In
“Infrastructure Mode”, communication is routed through a separately
available 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN Access Point (subsequently referred to as
“Access Point”). In “Peer-to-Peer Mode”, no Access Point is used and the
computers communicate directly with each other. If you connect your
Access Point to a communication device (such as a cable modem, DSL
modem, broadband router or ISDN router) or wired Ethernet LAN with an
Internet connection, the computers in the wireless LAN can access the
Internet.
Note
This product is a 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN PC Card conforming to the IEEE
802.11b standard. It is not compatible with products conforming to other
standards (such as the IEEE 802.11a standard for 5 GHz wireless LANs).
z Tips
- For details regarding functions and operation of the Access Point, please refer to its
documentation.
- For information about file and printer sharing in a network environment, see Windows
Help.