HP Jetdirect 280m 802.11b Wireless Print Server - Manual (Page 18)

Network Basics
distance the data rate
drops off to 1 Mbps.
802.11b wireless LANs
operate in the 2.4 GHz
frequency band. There are
several channels
(frequencies) that
wireless LANs can use in
this range. Government
regulations prescribe
which channels may be
used in various parts of
the world.
There are two basic
wireless networking
topologies --
infrastructure mode and
ad hoc mode; these are
described in the detail
pages (see below).
Click on these
links for more details on
wireless LAN topologies:
●
Detail:
infrastructure
mode
●
Detail: ad hoc
mode
●
Detail: standalone
peripheral
connections
●
Detail: computer
connections
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