Infrastructure Wireless Lan - HP procurve 420 Getting Started Manual

Infrastructure Wireless LAN

Desktop PC
The Access Point 420 is designed to 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, 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.
File
Server
Switch
Access Point 420
wireless PCI
Installing the Access Point 420
Sample Network Topologies
Wired LAN Extension
to Wireless Adapters
PC with
Adapter
Notebook with
wireless PC
Card Adapter
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