SMC Networks SMC2635W - Manual (Page 32)

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Infrastructure Wireless LAN
An SMC access point can also provide wireless workstations with access to
a wired LAN. An integrated wired and wireless LAN is called an
infrastructure configuration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists of a group
of wireless PC users, and an access point that is directly connected to the
wired LAN. Each wireless PC in this BSS can talk to any computer in its
wireless group via a radio link, or access other computers or network
resources in the wired LAN infrastructure via the access point.
The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of
wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also extends the effective wireless
transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or
more access points.
A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central database, or for
connection between mobile workers, as shown in the following figure.
File
Server
Switch Desktop PC
Access Point
Wired LAN Extension
to Wireless Adapters
PC with Wireless
PC I Adapter
Notebook with Wireless
PC Card Adapter