Buffalo Technology WLI-USB-L11G - Manual (Page 8)

1.3 Peer-to-Peer Workgroup
The Peer-to-Peer workgroup configuration enables you to quickly set up a small wireless workgroup,
where the workgroup participants can exchange files using features like “Files and Printer Sharing”
as supported by Microsoft Networking.
You can use this option to setup a temporary or ad-hoc network in environments where no access
points are available (for example in Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments.) As long as
the stations are within range of one another, this is the easiest and least expensive way to set up
a wireless network.
1.4 Home Networking
With the Buffalo Technology AirStation, wireless access to the Internet or other computers is at your
fingertips. All you need to do is connect the AirStation to an external CATV or xDSL modems and
you are ready to:
• Share files and printers, and
• Access the Internet
1.5 Enterprise Networking
With the AirStation Access Point you can connect to a corporate Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure
to have wireless access to all network facilities. LAN Infrastructures may either be:
• Stand-alone wireless LANs
• Wireless network infrastructures connected to an existing Ethernet network (Figure 1-2)
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Wireless PC
Wireless PC Wireless PC
Figure 1-1 Peer-to-Peer Wireless Workgroup