Philips cpwna001 User Manual

The Philips Wireless Notebook adapter supports a stand-alone wireless
network configuration, as well as an integrated configuration with
10/100 Mbps Ethernet LANs.

The Wireless Notebook Adapter can be configured for :
– Ad Hoc (Peer-to-Peer) - for small groups of computers that only

communicate with each other

– Infrastructure (Access Point) - for wireless networks with a central

Wireless Access Point or Wireless Base Station

Ad Hoc wireless network
An ad hoc wireless network consists of a group of computers, each
equipped with one wireless adapter, connected via radio signals as
an independent wireless network.

Computers in a specific ad hoc wireless LAN must therefore be
configured to the same radio channel. An ad hoc wireless network
can be used at home or temporary environment.

Infrastructure wireless network
A Philips Wireless Base Station (or access point) can provide
computers on a wireless network with access to a wired computer
network and to the Internet.

An integrated wired and wireless network is called an infrastructure
configuration.This infrastructure consists of a group of wireless PC
users, and a wireless access point or base station that is directly
connected to the wired network. Each wireless PC in this network
can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link, or
access other computers or network resources in the wired
network infrastructure via the wireless access point or base station.

The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of
wireless PCs to the wired network, but also extends the effective wireless
transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or
more access points. A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to an
existing computer network, or for connection to the Internet.

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