Epson C12C800WN User Guide - Page 7

The illustration below shows a wireless network that uses an access point. printer wireless print server wireless laptop cable/ DSL modem access point or AirPort Base Station Wireless Network computers on LAN (Local Area Network) If you don't have an access point, you can still print from any desktop computer or laptop that has a wireless adapter. In the illustration below, both wireless-equipped computers communicate directly with the print server. wireless print server printer wireless computers Ad Hoc Wireless Network Before you can set up your EpsonNet 802.11b Wireless Print Server, you need to decide how you will use it: either with an access point (in infrastructure mode), or without an access point (in ad hoc mode, also called ad hoc 802.11b, computer-to-computer, and peer-to-peer). 3