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Unit 6: Wireless PAN Systems

4. Determine the type of network adapters you need for your home or small office network: Notes
Ethernet, home phoneline network adapter (HPNA), wireless, or IEEE 1394.
5. Make a list of hardware you need to purchase. This includes modems, network adapters,
hubs, and cables. Buying the right hardware
6. Purchase the hardware.

7. Install the network adapters and modems to create your network connections on each
computer.
8. Physically connect the computers together. Plug in the cables to hubs, phone jacks, and the
computer. Connect your computers together
9. Turn on all computers and printers.
10. Make sure your ICS host computer has an active Internet connection. To establish your
Internet connection, run the New Connection Wizard. Internet Connection Sharing;
11. Run the Windows XP fissional Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host computer.
12. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the other computers on your network.

6.2.2 Equipment Needed to Set Up a Small Office

There are currently two types of Wi-Fi components you’ll need to build your home or office
network: Wi-Fi radio (also known as client devices) devices (desktops, laptops, PDAs, etc.), and
access points or gateways that act as base stations. A third type, Wi-Fi equipped peripherals, is
emerging and will soon be commonplace. This group includes printers, scanners, cameras, video
monitors, set-top boxes and other peripheral equipment.
Types of equipment covered in this document:

z z PC Card Radio
z z Mini-PCI Modules and Embedded Radios
z z USB Adapters

z z PCI and ISA Bus Adapters
z z Compact Flash and Other Small-Client Formats
z z Access Points and Gateways
6.3 Networking Technologies

Networking technology allow your computers to send information to each other. Some of the
networking technologies include:

z z Ethernet
z z Phone line
z z Wireless
z z Mixing Media

6.3.1 Ethernet

Ethernet is a physical and data link layer technology for local area networks (LANs). Ethernet
was invented by engineer Robert Metcalfe.

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