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Applications

EnGenius wireless LAN products are easy to install and

easy to use. The following list describes some of the

many applications made possible through the EnGenius

wirelessLANproducts:

• Difcult-to-wireenvironments

• Temporary workgroups

• Accessing real-time information

• Frequentlychangingenvironments

• SmallOfceandHomeOfce(SOHO)networks

• Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks

• WiredLANbackup

• Training and Educational facilities

Network Conguration

To better understand how the wireless LAN products

worktogethertocreateawirelessnetwork,itmightbe

helpful to depict some of the possible wireless LAN PC

cardnetworkcongurations.

EnGeniuswirelessLANproductscanbeconguredas:

• Ad-hoc(orpeer-to-peer)fordepartmentalorSOHOLANs.

• InfrastructureforenterpriseLANs.

Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode

This is the simplest network conguration with several

computersequippedwiththePCCardsthatformawireless

networkwhenevertheyarewithinrangeofoneanother.

In ad-hoc mode, each client is peer-to-peer, would only

haveaccesstotheresourcesoftheotherclientanddoes

not require an access point. This is the easiest and least

expensivewayfortheSOHOtosetupawirelessnetwork.

Theimagebelowdepictsanetworkinad-hocmode.

Infrastructure Mode

The infrastructure mode requires the use of an Access

Point (AP). In this mode, all wireless communication

betweentwocomputershastobeviatheAP.Itdoesn’t

matteriftheAPisstand-aloneorwiredtoanEthernet

network. If used in standalone, the AP can extend the

range of independent wireless LANs by acting as a

repeater,whicheffectivelydoublesthedistancebetween

wireless stations.

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