ENGLISH 11
Network configuration and planning
The Philips Wireless USB Adapter supports a
Network design
The Wireless USB Adapter can be configured for :
–Ad Hoc
–Infrastructure (Access Point) - for wireless networks with a central Wireless Access Point or Wireless Base Station
Ad Hoc wireless network
An ad hoc wireless network consists of a group of computers, each equipped with one wireless adapter, connected via radio signals as an independent wireless network.
Computers in a specific ad hoc wireless LAN must therefore be configured to the same radio channel. An ad hoc wireless network can be used at home or temporary environment.
Infrastructure wireless network
A Philips Wireless Base Station (or access point) can provide computers on a wireless network with access to a wired computer network and to the Internet.
An integrated wired and wireless network is called an infrastructure configuration. This infrastructure consists of a group of wireless PC users, and a wireless access point or base station that is directly connected to the wired network. Each wireless PC in this network can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link, or access other computers or network resources in the wired network infrastructure via the wireless access point or base station.
The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of wireless PCs to the wired network, but also extends the effective wireless transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or more access points. A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to an existing computer network, or for connection to the Internet.
