User manual LINKSYS WAP55AG

[. . . ] Instant Wireless® Series Dual-Band Wireless A + G Access Point Use this guide to install: WAP55AG User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo are registered trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] Selecting a value other than FULL may limit the coverage area and data rates of your wireless PCs. When you've completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply button to save those changes or Cancel to exit the Web-based Utility without saving changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button. 24 25 SNMP V1/V2c. In the Location field, specify the area or location where the Access Point resides. Then configure the community's access as either Read-Only or Read-Write. You may change the name from its default, Private. Then configure the community's access as either Read-Only or Read-Write. When you've completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply button to save those changes or Cancel to cancel your changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button. Instant Wireless® Series Dual-Band Wireless A + G Access Point What is Ad-hoc?An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to a central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. Roaming is the ability of a portable computer user to communicate continuously while moving freely throughout an area greater than that covered by a single Access Point. Before using the roaming function, the workstation must make sure that it is the same channel number as the Access Point of the dedicated coverage area. To achieve true seamless connectivity, the wireless LAN must incorporate a number of different functions. Each node and Access Point, for example, must always acknowledge receipt of each message. Each node must maintain contact with the wireless network even when not actually transmitting data. Achieving these functions simultaneously requires a dynamic RF networking technology that links Access Points and nodes. In such a system, the user's end node undertakes a search for the best possible access to the system. First, it evaluates such factors as signal strength and quality, as well as the message load currently being carried by each Access Point and the distance of each Access Point to the wired backbone. Based on that information, the node next selects the right Access Point and registers its address. Communications between end node and host computer can then be transmitted up and down the backbone. [. . . ] Subnet Mask - The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of subgroups, or subnets. The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn part of the host ID address field into a field for subnets. A data switch connects computing devices to host computers, allowing a large number of devices to share a limited number of ports. A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit. [. . . ]