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o Rename the "Wireless" section to "Wireless Networking".

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o Rename the "Wireless background" section to "Wireless Modes of Operation".

o Mention specifically that we do not cover IBSS mode here.

o One tiny grammatical fix.
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</author>
</authorgroup>
</sect1info>
<title>Wireless</title>
<title>Wireless Networking</title>
<indexterm><primary>wireless networking</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm>
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</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Wireless background</title>
<title>Wireless Modes of Operation</title>
<para>There are two different ways to configure 802.11 wireless devices:
BSS and IBSS.</para>
@ -538,9 +538,10 @@ host2.example.com link#1 UC 0 0
mode. One is IBSS mode, also called ad-hoc or IEEE ad-hoc
mode. This mode is defined by the IEEE 802.11 standards.
The second is called demo ad-hoc mode or Lucent ad-hoc mode
(and sometimes confusingly ad-hoc mode). This is the old,
(and sometimes, confusingly, ad-hoc mode). This is the old,
pre-802.11 ad-hoc mode and should only be used for legacy
installations.</para>
installations. We will not cover either of the ad-hoc modes
further.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>