Do the wireless cards support a peer-to-peer network configuration?
A. Cards function in a peer-to-peer network when you use either of these modes: • Ad Hoc mode—Use the Cisco Aironet Client Utility to configure the adapter to network Ad Hoc. At power up, the card sends a probe that looks for another card with which to associate. If the card does not hear any other cards, the card becomes a primary card. Each additional card that hears the primary associates in a peer-to-peer mode. If a client is out of range of the primary at initial startup, the client also becomes a primary. Neither communicates with the other until restart of one of the cards. • Infrastructure mode (default)—With the use of an access point (AP) as the traffic cop, all cards communicate to the AP or series of APs. The cards then communicate with each other with the use of standard peer sharing, such as Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) Extended User Interface (NetBEUI). The cards can also communicate through a server.
