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Wireless Networking Basics D-1

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Appendix D

Wireless Networking Basics

This chapter provides an overview of Wireless networking.

Wireless Networking Overview

The MR814 v3 router conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

802.11b standard for wireless LANs (WLANs). On an 802.11b wireless link, data is encoded using

direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and is transmitted in the unlicensed radio

spectrum at 2.5GHz. The maximum data rate for the wireless link is 11 Mbps, but it will

automatically back down from 11 Mbps to 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps when the radio signal is weak or

when interference is detected.

The 802.11b standard is also called Wireless Ethernet or Wi-Fi by the Wireless Ethernet

Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standard group promoting

interoperability among 802.11b devices. The 802.11b standard offers two methods for configuring

a wireless network - ad hoc and infrastructure.

Infrastructure Mode

With a wireless Access Point, you can operate the wireless LAN in the infrastructure mode. This

mode provides wireless connectivity to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed range or

area of coverage, interacting with wireless nodes via an antenna.

In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into wired Ethernet

data, acting as a bridge between the wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple Access

Points via a wired Ethernet backbone can further extend the wireless network coverage. As a

mobile computing device moves out of the range of one access point, it moves into the range of

another. As a result, wireless clients can freely roam from one Access Point domain to another and

still maintain seamless network connection.

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