Getting Started - TRENDnet TEW-301PC User Manual

4. Getting Started

For the price of a single IP Address from your Broadband Internet Service
provider you can share the Internet with all the computers on your local
network, without sacrificing speed or security, using TRENDware networking
products.
There are basically two modes of networking:
Infrastructure using Access Point
Ad-Hoc
On the following pages we will show you an example of an Infrastructure
Network and an Ad-Hoc Network.
An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point. The Infrastructure
Network example shown on the following page contains the following
TRENDware network devices:
A wireless Internet Router/Access Point (DHCP enabled). TEW-311BRP
A laptop computer with a wireless network adapter
A desktop computer with an Ethernet adapter
A xDSL/Cable modem for accessing Internet access
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol for
assigning IP addresses "automatically" to network computers. With a DHCP-
capable gateway/router, there is no need to manually assign an IP address for the
network computer.
Setting Up an Infrastructure
Network to share Internet Connection
TEW-311BRP
Wireless
Internet Router +
Access Point
directly connecting to other wireless computers, for
peer-to-peer communication.
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Fig. 4.1