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Consider 802.11g when you need wider coverage and vendor compatibility and you are:

Maintaining support for existing 802.11b users and the existing wireless investment while providing for expansion into 802.11g.

 

Implementing a complete wireless LAN solution, including bridges,

 

gateways, access points and clients; Wi-Fi certification guarantees

 

compatibility among vendors.

 

Providing access to hot spots in public spaces such as coffee shops or

 

university cafeterias.

 

 

Network

The Bridge can operate in either infrastructure or ad-hocmode, and can

Configuration and

support a stand-alone wireless network configuration or an integrated

Planning

configuration with 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LANs.

 

Operating in infrastructure mode and connected to an Ethernet hub, a

 

single Bridge can combine up to 16 client devices—such as computers

 

with network adapters and printers—into a multiclient workgroup. The

 

workgroup associates with the wired network through a wireless LAN

 

access point such as the 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Access Point.

 

Infrastructure configurations extend your wireless LAN to devices that

 

would otherwise have to be connected to the wired network.

 

Operating in ad-hocmode, two or more Bridges can associate among

 

themselves and communicate with one another at close range without an

 

access point. You may wish to set up an ad-hoc network, for example, if

 

a group is working away from the office, or if a group in the office needs

 

to share files apart from the wired LAN.

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