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Detail: infrastructure mode, Detail: ad hoc mode, Detail: standalone peripheral connections – HP Jetdirect 280m 802.11b Wireless Print Server User Manual

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Network Basics

distance the data rate
drops off to 1 Mbps.

802.11b wireless LANs
operate in the 2.4 GHz
frequency band. There are
several channels
(frequencies) that
wireless LANs can use in
this range. Government
regulations prescribe
which channels may be
used in various parts of
the world.

There are two basic
wireless networking
topologies --
infrastructure mode and
ad hoc mode; these are
described in the detail
pages (see below).

Click on these

links for more details on
wireless LAN topologies:

Detail:
infrastructure
mode

Detail: ad hoc
mode

Detail: standalone
peripheral
connections

Detail: computer
connections

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