Two Basic Operating Modes - NETGEAR CG814WG Hardware Manual

Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

Two Basic Operating Modes

The CG814WG Gateway, like all 802.11 adapters, can operate in the following two basic modes:
•
Infrastructure Mode
communicate with each other by first going through an access point (AP). For example, this
mode is used when computers in a house connect to an Access Point that is attached to a router
which lets multiple computers share a single Cable or DSL broadband Internet connection.
• : An 802.11 networking framework in which devices or computers
Ad-Hoc Mode
communicate directly with each other, without the use of an AP. For example, Ad-Hoc Mode
is used when two Windows computers are configured with file and print sharing enabled and
you want to exchange files directly between them.
Infrastructure configuration procedures for basic network connectivity are covered below. The
CG814WG does not operate in Ad-Hoc mode.
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: An 802.11 networking framework in which devices and computers
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