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CHAPTER 2
2.4.3 Attach to Your Network Using Radio Signals
Install a wireless network adapter in each computer that will
be connected to the Internet or your local network via radio
signals.
Rotate both antennas on the back of the Gateway to the
desired position. Try to place the Gateway in a position that
is located in the center of your wireless network. Normally,
the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance
will be. Ensure that the Gateway's location provides optimal
reception throughout your home or office.
Computers equipped with a wireless adapter can communi-
cate with each other as an independent wireless LAN by
configuring each computer to the same radio channel.
However, the Gateway can provide access to your
wired/wireless LAN or to the Internet for all wireless work-
stations. Each wireless PC in this network infrastructure can
talk to any computer in the wireless group via a radio link,
or access other computers or network resources in the wired
LAN infrastructure or over the Internet via the Gateway.
The wireless infrastructure configuration not only extends
the accessibility of wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also
doubles the effective wireless transmission range for wire-
less PCs by re-transmitting incoming radio signals through
the Gateway.
A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central
database, or for connection between mobile workers, as