Linksys WPC51AB manual Creating a New Profile

Instant Wireless® Series

Creating a New Profile

1. On the Profiles screen, click the New button to create a new profile.

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Dual-Band Wireless A+B Notebook Adapter

2.The Choose a wireless mode screen shows a choice of two wireless modes. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you want your wireless computers to communicate with computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you want multiple wireless computers to communicate directly with each other. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen.

Infrastructure Mode - This mode allows wireless and wired networks to communicate through an access point.

Ad-Hoc Mode - This mode allows wireless-equipped computers to com- municate directly with each other. No access point is used.

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