HP Jetdirect 280m 802.11b Wireless Print Server - Manual (Page 26)

Network Basics
NETWORKS
Mixed LANs
Mixed LANs combine
wired and wireless LANs,
taking advantage of the
strong points of each. For
example, a mixed LAN
can provide the flexible
connections of wireless
with the high overall
throughput of a wired
LAN. Such an
arrangement makes it
particularly easy for
mobile workers to
connect their notebook
computers to the
network.
You create a mixed LAN
by plugging the network
cable from a wired LAN
into a port on a wireless
access point. In addition
to acting as a hub for the
wireless portion of the
network, the access point
acts as a bridge to the
wired portion. In a typical
case, when a computer
with a wireless LAN card
comes within range of the
access point, it connects
through the access point
to the LAN (both the
wired and wireless
portions) and to all the
computers and other
resources on the LAN.
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