Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual page 13

Wireless Network Configurations
There are three basic RoamAbout wireless network configurations:
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One or more Access Points connecting wireless clients to a wired network, using the
Workgroup Bridge mode. A wireless client can be any computer with an 802.11
Direct-Sequence (DS) compliant radio card. This type of network is referred to as a
wireless infrastructure network.
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Two or more Access Points used as a wireless link connecting wired networks. This is
called a LAN-to-LAN configuration. There are two variations of the RoamAbout
LAN-to-LAN configurations:
— Point-to-Point which connects two wired networks, using the
LAN-to-LAN Endpoint Bridge mode.
— Point-to-Multipoint which can connect multiple wired networks, using
the LAN-to-LAN Multipoint Bridge mode.
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Wireless clients communicating among themselves without a connection to a wired
network. This is called a peer-to-peer or ad-hoc network.
Chapter 1
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