8D-Link DAP-2310 User Manual
Section 2 - Installation
Wireless Basics
D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide high-speed wireless connectivity that is easy to use within
your home, business or public access wireless networks. D-Link wireless products provides you with access to the data you
want, whenever and wherever you want it. Enjoy the freedom that wireless networking can bring to you.
WLAN use is not only increasing in both home and oce environments, but in public areas as well, such as airports, coee
shops and universities. Innovative ways to utilize WLAN technology are allowing people to work and communicate more
eciently. Increased mobility and the absence of cabling and other types of xed infrastructure have proven to be benecial
to many users.
Wireless adapter cards used on laptop and desktop systems support the same protocols as Ethernet adapter cards, allowing
wireless users to use the same applications as those used on a wired network.
People use WLAN technology for many dierent purposes:
Mobility - productivity increases when people can have access to data in any location within the operating range of
their WLAN. Management decisions based on real-time information can signicantly improve the eciency of a worker.
Low implementation costs - WLANs are easy to set up, manage, change and relocate. Networks that frequently change
can benet from WLAN's ease of implementation. WLANs can operate in locations where installation of wiring may be
impractical.
Installation and network expansion - by avoiding the complications of troublesome cables, a WLAN system can be fast
and easy during installation, especially since it can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings. Wireless
technology provides more versatility by extending the network beyond the home or oce.
Inexpensive solution - wireless network devices are as competitively priced as conventional Ethernet network devices.
The DAP-2310 saves money by providing users with multi-functionality congurable in four dierent modes.
Scalability - Congurations can be easily changed and range from Peer-to-Peer networks, suitable for a small number
of users to larger Infrastructure networks to accommodate hundreds or thousands of users, depending on the number
of wireless devices deployed.
