Buffalo Technology WLI-USB-L11G Peer-to-Peer Workgroup, Home Networking, Enterprise Networking

1.3 Peer-to-Peer Workgroup

The Peer-to-Peer workgroup configuration enables you to quickly set up a small wireless workgroup, where the workgroup participants can exchange files using features like “Files and Printer Sharing” as supported by Microsoft Networking.

Wireless PC

Wireless PC	Wireless PC
Figure 1-1	Peer-to-Peer Wireless Workgroup

You can use this option to setup a temporary or ad-hoc network in environments where no access

points are available (for example in Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments.)	As	long	as
the stations are within range of one another, this is the easiest and least expensive	way	to	set up
a wireless network.

1.4 Home Networking

With the Buffalo Technology AirStation, wireless access to the Internet or other computers is at your fingertips. All you need to do is connect the AirStation to an external CATV or xDSL modems and you are ready to:

•Share files and printers, and

•Access the Internet

1.5 Enterprise Networking

With the AirStation Access Point you can connect to a corporate Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure to have wireless access to all network facilities. LAN Infrastructures may either be:

•Stand-alone wireless LANs

•Wireless network infrastructures connected to an existing Ethernet network (Figure 1-2)

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