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Atlantis Land WEBSHARE 3G 244WN User Manual

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Question

What is infrastructure mode?

Answer

When a wireless network is set to infrastructure mode, the wireless

network is configured to communicate with a wired network through

a wireless access point.

Question

What is roaming?

Answer

Roaming is the ability of a portable computer user to communicate

continuously while moving freely throughout an area greater than

that covered by a single access point. Before using the roaming

function, the workstation must make sure that it is the same

channel number with the access point of dedicated coverage area.

Question

What is ISM band?

Answer

The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside

bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and

Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in particular, is

being made available worldwide. This presents a truly revolutionary

opportunity to place convenient high-speed wireless capabilities in

the hands of users around the globe.

Question

What is the IEEE 802.11g standard?

Answer

Approved in June, 2003 as an

IEEE

standard for wireless local area

networks (

WLAN

s), 802.11g offers wireless transmission over

relatively short distances at up to 54

megabit

s per second (Mbps)

compared with the 11 megabits per second of the

802.11b

(

Wi-Fi

)

standard. Like 802.11b, 802.11g operates in the 2.4

GHz

range and

is thus compatible with it.