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About Wireless Technology and LANs, What’s a LAN?, What’s a Wireless LAN?, How Do I Create a Basic

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About Wireless Technology and LANs About Wireless Technology and LANs This section provides a very brief, very general overview of Wireless technology and LANs. There are many books and Web sites dedicated to this topic that can provide a more comprehensive explanation. What's a LAN? A network is a group of computers that are connected together in a way that lets them share and exchange information and resources. A Local Area Network, or LAN, is a network of computers that are in the same general physical location, usually within a building or small group of buildings. Computers on a LAN can share devices such as printers or scanners, they can share and exchange files without using floppy disks or CDs, and they can all use a single Internet connection. What's a Wireless LAN? A Wireless LAN (WLAN) uses radio signals instead of cables or wires to connect all the computers in the network. Adaptec Ultra Wireless products are based on the 802.11b standard for wireless networks. How Do I Create a Basic WLAN? A WLAN can be as simple as two computers, each installed with a Wireless Network Interface Card (NIC), such as Wireless USB adapter or Wireless PC card. (This is Ad-hoc Mode.) You can expand your WLAN to include more computers, and you can incorporate a WLAN into a pre-existing wired LAN by using hubs, Wireless Access Points, Wireless Routers, and additional Wireless NICs. (This is Infrastructure Mode.) Go to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com for more information on wireless products. 30

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About Wireless Technology and LANs
About Wireless Technology
and LANs
This section provides a very brief, very general overview of Wireless
technology and LANs. There are many books and Web sites dedicated
to this topic that can provide a more comprehensive explanation
.
What’s a LAN?
A
network
is a group of computers that are connected together in a
way that lets them share and exchange information and resources.
A
Local Area Network
, or LAN, is a network of computers that are in
the same general physical location, usually within a building or
small group of buildings. Computers on a LAN can share devices
such as printers or scanners, they can share and exchange files
without using floppy disks or CDs, and they can all use a single
Internet connection.
What’s a Wireless LAN?
A Wireless LAN (WLAN) uses radio signals instead of cables or
wires to connect all the computers in the network.
Adaptec Ultra Wireless products are based on the 802.11b standard
for wireless networks.
How Do I Create a Basic WLAN?
A WLAN can be as simple as two computers, each installed with a
Wireless Network Interface Card (NIC), such as Wireless USB
adapter or Wireless PC card. (This is Ad-hoc Mode.)
You can expand your WLAN to include more computers, and you
can incorporate a WLAN into a pre-existing wired LAN by using
hubs, Wireless Access Points, Wireless Routers, and additional
Wireless NICs. (This is Infrastructure Mode.)
Go to the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com
for more
information on wireless products.