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

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter

Figure 1.3 - Wireless Infrastructure with Workstations

Accessing a Wired LAN

File Server

Wired LAN

Aironet

Access Point

(Root Unit)

Aironet

Access Point

(Root Unit)

Workstation

Workstation Workstation

A Micro-Cellular Network can be created by placing two or more Aironet Access Points on a LAN.

The Aironet roaming protocols allow remote workstations to move from one microcell domain to another. The process is seamless and transparent. The connection to the file server or host is maintained without disruption. This configuration is useful with portable or mobile stations allowing them to be directly connected to the wired network, even while mov- ing about (roaming). When an infrastructure is configured using multiple Aironet Access Points and/or repeaters, a mobile station is automatically associated and re-associ- ated to the Aironet Access Point which provides the best performance. This is referred to as seamless roaming.

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