Installing a Wireless LAN
Installing a wireless LAN can be very simple when you have a few PCs and a single WAP. More thought and configuration testing is required for complex configurations involving roaming and bridging. Installing a wireless LAN uses either an ad-hoc operating mode or an infrastructure operating mode. Bridging WAPs operate in a point-to-point mode. These are the three basic wireless LAN configurations that would be used in SOHO LANs.
Ad-Hoc Mode
When a wireless network is small and resource sharing is only with other computers on the wireless network, then the ad-hoc operating mode is used. Ad-hoc mode allows computers equipped with wireless NICs to communicate directly with each other. This obviates the need for a WAP. The ...
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