Beacon Computer Lan Adapter manual Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter

Power Saving Protocol (PSP) and Non-Power Saving Protocol – The Power Saving Protocol allows computers (usually portable computers) to power up only part of the time to conserve energy. If a client node is using the Power Saving Protocol to communicate with the network, the Aironet Access Point must be aware of this mode and implement additional features such as message store and forward. If the client node is powered from an AC line, PSP should not be used.

Repeater – A repeater is an Access Point that extends the radio range of the infrastructure. A repeater is not physically attached to the wired LAN, but communicates via radio to another Access Point, which is either a root unit or another repeater.

Root Unit – The root unit is an Access Point that is located at the top, or starting point, of a wireless infrastructure. A root unit provides the physical connection to the wired LAN (such as Ethernet or Token Ring) and contains configuration information in its association table that covers all nodes that access the wired network (backbone). All Access Points directly attached to the wired LAN backbone are root units.

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