Wireless; Overview; Wireless Network Overview - Huawei B2268H User Manual

LTE TDD B2268H
User Guide

5.1 Overview

This chapter describes the LTE Device's Network Setting > Wireless screens. Use these
screens to set up your LTE Device's wireless connection.

5.1.1 Wireless Network Overview

Wireless networks consist of wireless clients, access points and bridges.
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Traditionally, a wireless network operates in one of two ways.
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The following figure provides an example of a wireless network.
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A wireless client is a radio connected to a user's computer.
An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with
numerous wireless clients and let them access the network.
A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients,
extending a network's range.
An "infrastructure" type of network has one or more access points and one or more
wireless clients. The wireless clients connect to the access points.
An "ad-hoc" type of network is one in which there is no access point. Wireless clients
connect to one another in order to exchange information.
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