HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530 - Infrastructure Wireless LAN

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Installing the Access Point 530
Sample Network Topologies
Installing the
Access Point 530
Infrastructure Wireless LAN
The Access Point 530 is designed to provide access to a wired LAN for wireless
stations. An integrated wired and 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 a BSS can communicate with any computer in its wireless
group, or access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN
through the access point.
The infrastructure configuration extends the accessibility of wireless PCs to
the wired LAN and can be used for access to central network resources, or
for connections between mobile workers, as shown in the following figure.
Desktop PC
Access Point 530
File
Server
Switch
Desktop PC
Wireless Station
Notebook PC
Wireless Station
Wired LAN Extension
to Wireless Stations