Netgear MA521 User Manual download pdf (Page 17)

About Section

The About section of the Configuration Utility dialog box shows the regulatory domain: FCC

for US, ETSI for Europe, MKK for Japan; the MAC address and the release information of

both the device driver for the Wireless Adapter and the Wireless Configuration Utility software.

Click OK to continue, or select another tab.

Wireless Network Fundamentals

Wireless Network Configuration

Ad-Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for wireless LANs

(WLANs), 802.11 offers two methods for configuring a wireless network — Ad-Hoc and

infrastructure. In an Ad-Hoc network, computers are brought together as needed; thus, there is

no structure or fixed points to the network — each node can generally communicate with any

other node. There is no Access Point involved in this configuration. It enables you to quickly

set up a small wireless workgroup and allows workgroup members to exchange data or share

printers as supported by Microsoft Networking in the various Windows operating systems.

Some vendors also refer to ad-hoc networking as peer-to-peer workgroup networking.

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Netgear MA521 User Manual Page 17