You can choose from the following wireless network types: Access Point: In access point wireless networks, wireless stations (devices with radio network cards, such as a portable computer or personal digital assistant) connect to wireless access points. These access points function as bridges between wireless stations and the existing network distribution system (network backbone). As you move from one location to another, and the signal for one wireless access point weakens or the access point becomes too busy, you can connect to a new access point. For example, if you work in a large corporation, your wireless device can connect to several different access points as you move between different floors of a building or different buildings in a campus. As a result. you maintain uninterrupted access to network resources.

• Computer-to-Computer: In computer-to-computer wireless networks, wireless stations connect to each other directly, rather than through wireless access points. For example, if you are in a meeting with co-workers, your wireless device can connect to the wireless devices of your co-workers, and you can form a temporary network.

• Any Available Network Access Point: In this type of network, a connection to an access point wireless network is always attempted first. If an access point network is not available, a connection to a computer-to-computer wireless network is attempted. For example, if you use your laptop at work in an access point wireless network, and then take your laptop home to use in your computer to-computer home network, automatic wireless network configuration will change your wireless network settings so that you can connect to your home network.