The illustration below shows a wireless network that uses an access point.
printer | wireless | wireless | |
laptop | |||
| print server | ||
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cable/ DSL modem
access point or | computers on LAN | |
AirPort Base Station | ||
(Local Area Network) | ||
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Wireless Network |
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If you don’t have an access point, you can still print from any desktop computer or laptop that has a wireless adapter. In the illustration below, both
wireless print
server
wireless computers
printer
Ad Hoc Wireless Network
Before you can set up your EpsonNet 802.11b Wireless Print Server, you need to decide how you will use it: either with an access point (in infrastructure mode), or without an access point (in ad hoc mode, also called ad hoc 802.11b,
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