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Glossary

Gigaset SE505 dsl/cable / English / A31008-E505-B100-1-7619 / glossary.fm / 16.07.2003

Wireless network
See

WLAN

WLAN
Wireless LAN
Wireless LANs enable network components to communicate with a network using radio

waves as the transport medium. A wireless LAN can be connected as an extension to a

wired LAN or it can form the basis for a new network. The basic element of a wireless

network is the so-called cell. This is the area where the wireless communication takes

place. A WLAN can be operated in

Ad-hoc mode

or

Infrastructure mode

.

WLAN is currently specified in Standard

IEEE 802.11

. The Gigaset SE505 dsl/cable

complies with Standard 802.11g.