45 Appendix G. Wireless network environmentAppendix G. Wireless networkenvironmentOverviewThe Wireless Network Printer Card supports the IEEE 802.11b/g standard forwireless LAN (WLAN) communications. Properly configuring your network'swireless settings on the print server will allow you to send print jobs to theprint server over the WLAN. When a computer sends a file to the printserver, a radio signal is transmitted. When the print server receives theincoming signal, either directly from the computer (Ad Hoc/Computer-to-Computer mode) or from an access point (Infrastructure/AirPort Networkmode), it prints the file.Basic concept and termsThis section provides you with information on the basic concepts and termsused for wireless networking.Operation modeThe Wireless Network Printer supports two standard wireless operation modes,Ad hoc and Infrastructure.• Ad hoc (peer-to-peer) mode: Ad hoc mode is also referred to as Peer-to-peer mode. In Ad hoc mode, wireless devices or workstations communicatedirectly with each other, without using an access point (AP). They canshare files and printers, but may not be able to access the Internet. A printserver receives print jobs from wireless computers directly. On Applenetworks, Ad hoc mode is called "computer-to-computer" mode.