IOGear GWU523 - Manual (Page 27)

WIRELESS LAN BASICS
Wireless LAN network defined by IEEE
802.11b/g standard committee could be
configured as :
1. Ad Hoc wireless LAN, or
2. Infrastructure wireless LAN.
Ad Hoc network is a group of PCs installed
with wireless LAN cards, this group of PCs is
called a BSS (Basic Service Set). PCs in this
group can use their wireless LAN cards to
communicate with each other, but can not
connect to the Internet.
The most obvious difference between
Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc
Wirelss LAN Basics
wireless network is that the PCs in
Infrastructure wireless network can access
the resource in the Internet through Access
Point.
Depending on your requirement, you can
easily set up your PC’s network to be a “Ad
Hoc” or “Infrastructure” wireless network.
Generally speaking, if in your network, there is
an Access Point in it, we recommend you to
set your network as an “Infrastructure”, so it
can connect to the Internet.
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