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Appendix A - Wireless Basics

D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide easy-to-use and compatible high-speed wireless

connectivitywithinyourhome,businessorpublicaccesswirelessnetworks.StrictlyadheringtotheIEEEstandard,theD-Link

wirelessfamilyofproductswillallowyoutosecurelyaccessthedatayouwant,whenandwhereyouwantit.Youwillbeable

to enjoy the freedom that wireless networking delivers.

A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a cellular computer network that transmits and receives data with radio signals instead of

wires.WirelessLANsareusedincreasinglyinbothhomeandoceenvironments,andpublicareassuchasairports,coeeshops

and universities. Innovative ways to utilize WLAN technology are helping people to work and communicate more eciently.

Increasedmobilityandtheabsenceofcablingandotherxedinfrastructurehaveproventobebenecialformanyusers.

Wireless users can use the same applications they use on a wired network. Wireless adapter cards used on laptop and desktop

systems support the same protocols as Ethernet adapter cards.

Undermanycircumstances,itmaybedesirableformobilenetworkdevicestolinktoaconventionalEthernetLANinorder

touseservers,printersoranInternetconnectionsuppliedthroughthewiredLAN.AWirelessAccesspointisadeviceusedto

provide this link.

Wireless Basics

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