Enterasys RoamAbout RBT-4102 - Infrastructure Wireless LAN

Network Topologies
RoamAbout RBT-4102 Wireless Access Point Configuration Guide 2-3
Infrastructure Wireless LAN
TheaccesspointalsoprovidesaccesstoawiredLANforwirelessworkstations.Anintegrated
wired/wirelessLANiscalledaninfrastructureconfiguration.ABasicServiceSet(BSS)consistsof
agroupofwirelessPCusers,andanaccesspointthatisdirectlyconnectedtothewiredLAN.
EachwirelessPCin
thisBSScantalktoanycomputerinitswirelessgroupviaaradiolink,or
accessothercomputersornetworkresourcesinthewiredLANinfrastructureviatheaccesspoint.
TheinfrastructureconfigurationnotonlyextendstheaccessibilityofwirelessPCstothewired
LAN,butalsoincreasestheeffective
wirelesstransmissionrangeforwirelessPCsbypassingtheir
signalthroughoneormoreaccesspoints.
Awirelessinfrastructurecanbeusedforaccesstoacentraldatabase,orforconnectionbetween
mobileworkers,asshowninFigure 2‐2.
Figure 2-2 Infrastructure Wireless LAN