Wireless Modes - D-Link DWR-921 User Manual

Appendix A - Wireless Basics
Encryption
Encrypt your wireless network by turning on the WPA2 encryption feature on the router to help keep unauthorized users from
accessing your wireless network. Refer to the product manual for detail information on how to set it up.
There are basically two modes of networking:
• Infrastructure – All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router.
• Ad hoc – Directly connecting to another computer for peer-to-peer communication using wireless network
adapters on each computer, such as two or more DWR-921 wireless network CardBus adapters.
An Infrastructure network contains an access point or wireless router. All the wireless devices, or clients, will connect to the
wireless router or access point.
An ad hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless CardBus adapters. All the adapters must be in ad hoc
mode to communicate.
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