Hitron HT-EMN2 - Wireless Overview; Wireless Networking Basics; Architecture

WIRELESS OVERVIEW
Version 1.0, 04/2015. Copyright 2012 Hitron Technologies
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Version 1.0, 04/2015. Copyright 2015 Hitron Technologies
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Hitron HT-EMN2 User’s Guide
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Wireless overview
This section describes some of the concepts related to the 2.4G and 5G Wireless
screens.
2.1 Wireless Networking Basics
Your HT-EMN2’s wireless network is part of the Local Area Network (LAN), known as
the Wireless LAN (WLAN). The WLAN is a network of radio links between the HT-
EMN2 and the other computers and devices that connect to it.
2.2 Architecture
The wireless network consists of two types of device: access points (APs) and
clients.
The access point controls the network, providing a wireless connection to each
client.
The wireless clients connect to the access point in order to receive a wireless
connection to the WAN and the wired LAN.
The HT-EMN2 is the access point, and the computers you connect to the HT-EMN2
are the wireless clients.