Belkin F5D6020 User Manual - Page 28

Using the Belkin 11Mbps Wireless Setup Utility Click-on the Configuration tab and the following screen will appear: 1 2 4 3 1. Mode Infrastructure Mode A setup that uses a WAP to connect a wireless LAN to a wired LAN is called an infrastructure configuration, and the setup is referred to as being in Infrastructure Mode. The WAP serves as a bridge between the wired and wireless network. Connecting the WAP to any port on the wired network will give wireless access to all wireless equipped computers within its coverage area. An WAP is configured with a Service Set Identifier. This is a "name" that is given to the wireless network and is used by the wireless equipped computers to access the wireless network. The WAP can also be configured to use encryption or grant access to computers with specific MAC addresses. The WAP also effectively doubles the distance that computers in the wireless LAN can be located from one another. This is because the WAP serves as a central point for routing of all the wireless network traffic between the wireless computers. Wireless equipped computers networked together in infrastructure mode form a group called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Up to 64 individual 26