Epson Stylus C82WN Setup And Installation Manual page 7

The illustration below shows a wireless network that uses an access point.
Printer
Cable/ DSL modem
If you don't have an access point, you can still print to the EPSON Stylus C82WN
from any desktop computer or laptop that has a wireless adapter. In the illustration
below, both wireless-equipped computers communicate directly with the print server.
Wireless
computers
Before you can set up your EPSON Stylus C82WN, 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, computer-to-computer, and
peer-to-peer).
Wireless
print server
Access point or
AirPort Base Station
Wireless print
server
Wireless
laptop
Computers on
LAN (Local
Area Network)
Printer
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