If a device equipped with an Ethernet interface is to be connected to a wireless LAN, a LANCOM access point can be switched into client mode, causing it to act as conventional wireless LAN client and not as an access point.
WLAN clients such as notebooks are generally able to save and manage various profiles which allow different access points to be selected depending on the environment (e.g. for a company WLAN or for another WLAN at home). These profiles store various information such as the WLAN SSID and the associated key. The WLAN client automatically selects the profile fitting to the strongest available or preferred WLAN.
LANCOM access points can store up to eight different WLAN profiles for use in client mode. The profile in client mode activates the networking and transmission parameters, and also the encryption settings for the logical WLAN.