WaveLAN/PCMCIA User's guide - web server

Connecting to Ad-Hoc
Workgroups 1
Figure 1-2
1Ad-Hoc Wireless Workgroup
Connecting to an
Infrastructure 1
Introduction
Network Configurations
Network Configurations 1
Your WaveLAN/PCMCIA station can participate in group
workplace computing along with other portable or desktop
computers equipped with WaveLAN adapter cards. The
wireless workgroup (or ‘cell’) is identified by a Network
Identification Designator (NWID). To connect to the wireless
workgroup, all stations must be configured with the same
NWID. In ad-hoc workgroups, this NWID is usually an NWID
code agreed upon by the participants of the workgroup.
Where cable physically connects wired stations in an Ethernet
network, the NWID logically connects the wireless stations in
a WaveLAN cell as pictured in Figure 1-2.
When you would like to connect your WaveLAN/PCMCIA
station into an existing wired LAN infrastructure, your
wireless cell can be extended with a WavePOINT access point;
a transparent bridge between the WaveLAN and Ethernet
stations. Figure 1-3 on page 1-6 illustrates the WaveLAN
Infrastructure concept.
All members of the WaveLAN cell must be configured with
the same WaveLAN Network ID (NWID). In this case, the
NWID value is determined by the NWID value that is
programmed into the WavePOINT unit.
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