EnGenius Technologies ECB-1220R - Manual (Page 10)

ECB-1220R 11b/g Wireless Client Bridge/AP/Router/Repeater Version 1.1
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b) Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this
mode, all wireless communication between two computers has to be via
the AP. It doesn’t matter if the AP is stand-alone or wired to an Ethernet
network. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of
independent wireless LANs by acting as a repeater, which effectively
doubles the distance between wireless stations. The image below depicts
a network in infrastructure mode.