Infrastructure Wireless Lan - HP ProCurve 420 Installation And Getting Started Manual

Installing the wireless AP 420 ww/na
Sample Network Topologies

Infrastructure Wireless LAN

Desktop PC
The Access Point 420ww/na can provide access to a wired LAN for wireless
clients. An integrated wired/wireless LAN is called an Infrastructure configu-
ration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists of a group of wireless PC users, and
an access point that is directly connected to the wired LAN. Each wireless PC
in this BSS can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link, or
access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN infrastructure
via the access point.
The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of wireless
PCs to the wired LAN, but also increases the effective wireless transmission
range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or more access
points.
A wireless infrastructure can provide an extension of the wired LAN to
wireless clients for access to a local resources, or for a bridged connection
between mobile workers located at distant points on the network.
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File
Server
Switch
AP 420 ww/na
wireless PCI
Wired LAN Extension
to Wireless Adapters
PC with
Adapter
Notebook with
wireless PC
Card Adapter