Installation
Warning: Do not plug a phone jack connector into any
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Figure 2-3. Making LAN Connections
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. Accton currently offers several wireless network cards, including the WN3201 Wireless PCI card and the WN3301 Wireless PC card.
Rotate both antennas on the back of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway to the desired position. For more effective coverage, position one antenna along the vertical axis and the other along the horizontal axis. Try to place the CheetahAccess Wireless 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. Ensure that the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s location provides optimal reception throughout your home or office.
Computers equipped with a wireless adapter can communicate with each other as an independent wireless LAN by configuring each computer to the same radio channel. However, the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway can provide access to your wired/wireless LAN or to the Internet for all wireless workstations. 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 CheetahAccess Wireless 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 wireless PCs by retransmitting incoming radio signals through the