• The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds ofcommunication: wireless devices communicate witheach other through a wireless LAN access point orwireless devices communicate with a wired LAN devicethrough a wireless LAN access point.The advantage of the infrastructure operating mode isthat you can have more control over networkconnections because they pass through an accesspoint. A wireless device can access the services that areavailable in a regular wired LAN: company database,e-mail, the Internet, and other network resources, forexample.• With third party applications, you can send and receivedata directly with each other in the ad hoc operatingmode, for example, to print. No wireless LAN accesspoint is required. Simply make the necessaryconfigurations and start communicating. Ad hocnetworking is easy to set up, but communication islimited to devices that are within range.See "Setting up an Internet access point for a wirelessLAN," p. 92.See "Setting up an ad hoc network," p. 105.Connection managerIn Conn. manager, you can view details on active networkTo view detailed information about network connections,select the connection from the list, and press Details. Thetype of information shown depends on the networkconnection type.To end a network connection, select the connection fromthe list, and press Disconnect.To end all active network connections simultaneously,press Menu, and select Tools > Disconnect all.ConnectivityC:/USERS/MODEServer/zmao/3934007/ra-8_minime/en/issue_1/ra-8_minime_en_1.xml Page 113 Sep 27, 2005 12:15:2C:/USERS/MODEServer/zmao/3934007/ra-8_minime/en/issue_1/ra-8_minime_en_1.xml Page 113 Sep 27, 2005 12:15:2
