SMC Networks EZ ConnectTMg 2.4 GHz 54Mbps SMC2602W - Manual (Page 35)

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Infrastructure Wireless LAN
The SMC2802W also provides wireless workstations with access
to a wired LAN. An integrated wired and wireless LAN is called an
Infrastructure configuration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists
of a group of wireless PC users and an access point that is
directly connected to the wired LAN. Each wireless PC in this
BSS can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link,
or access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN
Infrastructure via the access point.
The Infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility
of wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also extends the effective
wireless transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their
signal through one or more access points.
A wireless Infrastructure can be used for access to a central
database, or for connection between mobile workers, as shown in
the following figure.
File
Server
Switch Desktop PC
Access Point
Wired LAN Extension
to Wireless Adapters
PC with Wireless
PCI Adapter
Notebook with Wireless
PC Card Adapter