Operating modes
Your device enables different types of communication in a wireless LAN. The two operating modes are infrastructure and ad
hoc.
• The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of communication: wireless devices communicate with each other
through a wireless LAN access point or wireless devices communicate with a wired LAN device through a wireless LAN access
point. The advantage of the infrastructure operating mode is that you can have more control over network connections
because they pass through an access point. A wireless device can access the services that are available in a regular wired LAN:
company database, e-mail, the Internet, and other network resources, for example.
• In the ad hoc operating mode you can send data to and receive it from other devices with compatible wireless LAN support ,
for example, to be printed. These functions may require an additional third party application to work. No wireless LAN access
point is required. Simply make the necessary configurations and start communicating. Ad hoc networking is easy to set up,
but communication is limited to devices that are within range and support compatible wireless LAN technology.