3com WL-305 Manual De Usuario

 

3Com wireless technology brings the benefits of a local area network (LAN) to 
your office without the restraints and expense of network wiring. If your office 
already has an Ethernet LAN, the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN can extend the 
network without adding more wires.

 

In a traditional LAN, computers communicate through wires. Instead of wires, a 
wireless LAN uses radio signals to communicate. 

 

Computers that are equipped for wireless LAN communication are called wireless 
LAN 

 

. The wireless communication is called network 

 

. Clients 

associate through one or more 

 

, which are wireless base stations that 

act as wireless hubs. 

An access point can be connected to a wired network device such as an Ethernet 
hub, switch, or router to give clients access to the wired network where they can 
share files and printers and gain access to the Internet.

 

If the office space is large, you can set up multiple access points on the same 
network to increase coverage. When a wireless client begins to lose the signal as it 
moves away from an access point, it can reassociate seamlessly with another 
access point. This is called 

 

. 

 

You can set up security to encrypt your wireless transmissions so that your data 
cannot be deciphered if it is intercepted, and to prevent access to the network by 
unauthorized clients.

 

Wireless clients can associate among themselves at close range without an access 
point by using 

 

 (temporary) networks. You may wish to set up an ad hoc 

network, for example, if a group is working away from the office, or if a group in 
the office needs to share files apart from the LAN.