Gateway none manual Attach to Your Network Using Radio Signals

2.4.3 Attach to Your Network Using Radio Signals

Install a wireless network adapter in each computer that will be connected to the Internet or your local network via radio signals.

Rotate both antennas on the back of the Gateway to the desired position. Try to place the Gateway in a position that is located in the center of your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be. Ensure that the Gateway's location provides optimal reception throughout your home or office.

Computers equipped with a wireless adapter can communi- cate with each other as an independent wireless LAN by configuring each computer to the same radio channel. However, the Gateway can provide access to your wired/wireless LAN or to the Internet for all wireless work- stations. Each wireless PC in this network infrastructure can talk to any computer in the wireless group via a radio link, or access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN infrastructure or over the Internet via the Gateway.

The wireless infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also doubles the effective wireless transmission range for wire- less PCs by re-transmitting incoming radio signals through the Gateway.

A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central database, or for connection between mobile workers, as

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