Creative CW2202 manual About Ad-Hoc Mode, Figure A-1 Ad-hoc Network About Wireless LANs A-2

About Ad-Hoc Mode

Ad-hoc mode allows for wireless-to-wireless communication. Wireless clients connected in this way can share files, printers, drives and other resources, as well as access the Internet using a shared modem. However, a wireless client can only communicate with other wireless clients that:

❑are part of the same wireless LAN workgroup

❑share the same IEEE 802.11 standard

❑are within a fixed range

Ad-hoc mode is also known as Peer-to-Peer mode.

Internet

DVD-ROM drive	Broadband
	modem
	Wireless LAN

External hard	Printer
disk drive

Figure A-1: Ad-hoc Network

About Wireless LANs A-2