Chapter 3: Getting To Know The Wireless-B Notebook Adapter; The Adapter's Leds - Linksys WPC11 User Manual

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If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only

with the other computers on the wireless network, then the ad-hoc mode can

be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allows computers equipped with wire-

less transmitters and receivers to communicate directly with each other, elimi-

nating the need for an access point. The drawback of this mode is that, in Ad-

Hoc mode, wireless-equipped computers are not able to communicate with

computers on a wired network. And, of course, communication between the

wireless-equipped computers is limited by the distance and interference direct-

ly between them.

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Wireless-B Notebook Adapter

Chapter 3: Getting to Know the

Wireless-B Notebook Adapter

The Adapter has two LEDs to let you know how the card is functioning. Here

are a description of those LEDs:

Power

Link

Green. The Power LED lights up when the PC Card is pow-

ered on.

Green. The Link LED lights up and stays solid when the

Adapter is inserted correctly and a link is established with

the notebook. The LED flashes when data is transmitted or

received..

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