Motorola WU830G - Manual (Page 9)

SECTION 1 OVERVIEW
1-4 WU830G
Simple Home Network Diagram
Your wireless USB adapter enables you to access files, printers, and
an Internet connection on your network. A sample Local Area
Network (LAN) is shown below:
In the example above, the Internet communicates with the modem,
which in turn communicates with the wireless router. The wireless
router acts as the gateway to your network, sending information to
whichever device asks for information. In this example, the USB
adapter enables your notebook computer to be part of the wireless
network.