Infrastructure Network, IP Address, Ipconfig, Isp

	societies in special areas, such as the IEEE Computer
	Society.
Infrastructure Network	An infrastructure network is a group of computers or other
	devices, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an 802.11
	wireless LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices
	communicate with each other and to a wired network by first
	going through an access point. An infrastructure wireless
	network connected to a wired network is referred to as a
	Basic Service Set (BSS). A set of two or more BSS in a
	single network is referred to as an Extended Service Set
	(ESS). Infrastructure mode is useful at a corporation scale,
	or when it is necessary to connect the wired and wireless
	networks.
IP Address	In the most widely installed level of the Internet Protocol
	(IP) today, an IP address is a 32-binary digit number that
	identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent
	in packet across the Internet. When you request an HTML
	page or send e-mail, the Internet Protocol part of TCP/IP
	includes your IP address in the message (actually, in each of
	the packets if more than one is required) and sends it to the
	IP address that is obtained by looking up the domain name in
	the Uniform Resource Locator you requested or in the e-mail
	address you're sending a note to. At the other end, the
	recipient can see the IP address of the Web page requester or
	the e-mail sender and can respond by sending another
	message using the IP address it received.
IPCONFIG	A utility that provides for querying, defining and managing
	IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility,
	under Windows NT and 2000, for configuring networks with
	static IP addresses.
ISP	An ISP (Internet service provider) is a company that
	provides individuals and companies access to the Internet
	and other related services such as Web site building and
	virtual hosting.
LAN	A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and
	associated devices that share a common communications line
	and typically share the resources of a single processor or
	server within a small geographic area (for example, within an
	office building).
MACAddress	The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your
	computer's unique hardware number.

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