Appendix C. Wireless Lan Concepts; Topology; Wired Lan Topology - Black Box LW0050A Manual

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Appendix C. Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN technology is becoming increasingly popular in large-scale and
complex wireless networks, as more and more users are discovering its reliability
and high performance.
Originally designed for indoor office applications, today's wireless LANs can be
used for both indoor client-server or peer-to-peer networks and outdoor point-to-
point or point-to-multipoint remote-bridging applications.
Wireless LANs are designed to be modular and very flexible. They can also be
optimized for different environments. For example, point-to-point outdoor links
are less susceptible to interference and can have higher performance if designers
increase the "dwell time" and disable the "collision avoidance" and
"fragmentation" mechanisms described later in this section.
C.1 Topology
C.1.1 W LAN T
IRED
Traditional LANs link PCs and other computers to one another and to file servers,
printers and other network equipment using cables or optical fibers as the
transmission medium.
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Printer
Server
User Stations
Figure C-1. Wired LAN Topology.
User Stations
Bridge