Wireless Network PC Card
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Chapter 3:Getting to Know the
Wireless Network PCCard
The Wireless Network PC Card has two LEDs to let you know how the card is
funtioning. Here are a description of those LEDs:
Power Green. The Power LED lights up when the PC Card is pow-
ered on.
Link Green. The Link LED lights up and stays solid when the PC
Card is inserted correctly and a link is established with the
Notebook. The LED flashes when data is transmitted or
received..
The PC Card’s LEDs
Instant Wireless
®
Series
If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only
with the other computers on the wireless network, then the ad-hoc mode can
be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allows computers equipped with wire-
less transmitters and receivers to communicate directly with each other, elimi-
nating the need for an access point. The drawback of this mode is that, in Ad-
Hoc mode, wireless-equipped computers are not able to communicate with
computers on a wired network. And, of course, communication between the
wireless-equipped computers is limited by the distance and interference direct-
ly between them.
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Figure 2-2
