Appendix A Wireless Lans - ZyXEL Communications NWD2105 User Manual

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This appendix discusses ad- hoc and infrast ruct ure wireless LAN t opologies.
Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration
The sim plest WLAN configurat ion is an independent ( Ad- hoc) WLAN t hat connect s
a set of com put ers wit h wireless adapt ers ( A, B, C) . Any t im e t wo or m ore wireless
adapt ers are wit hin range of each ot her, t hey can set up an independent net w ork,
which is com m only refer red t o as an ad- hoc net work or I ndependent Basic Service
Set ( I BSS) . The following diagram shows an exam ple of not ebook com put ers
using wir eless adapt ers t o for m an ad- hoc wireless LAN.
Figure 22 Peer-to-Peer Communication in an Ad-hoc Network
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