Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter
Figure 1.2 - Wireless Infrastructure
Access Point
(Root Unit)
WorkstationWorkstation
In a wireless infrastructure, an Aironet Access Point is used as a stand-alone root unit. The root unit is not attached to any wired LAN (such as an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN), but functions as a hub linking all stations together. This configuration is similar to the ad hoc network, except the Aironet Access Point serves as the focal point for communi- cations. This increases the effective communication range over the ad hoc LAN since both stations are not required to be in direct communication range of each other.
