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2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices
There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure
and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access
points, which is able to establish wireless connection for you and
other wireless / wired network clients.
Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘point-to-point’ mode, and in this
mode, wireless devices such as computer or PDA will not be
capable to establish wireless connection with more than one
wireless device, and is suitable for establishing a one-to-one
wireless connection between two wireless devices.
Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device
by infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode, there two things you must
know:
a. Wireless device’s ‘SSID’ (Service Set IDentifier, someone will
call it ‘access point’s name’).
You can scan for the SSID of other wireless devices nearby,
but if the SSID of the wireless device you wish to connect is
hidden, you must know exact SSID before you can establish
connection with it.
b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption,
you must know its encryption key.
Please launch Edimax setup utility and it will scan for wireless
access points near by:
