The base station is a small unit that incorporates a wireless LAN transceiver (radio). It acts as the center point of a standalone, wireless network or as the connection point between wireless devices and a wired network.The base station communicates with IEEE 802.11 radio-equipped wireless devices made by Cisco Aironet or other companies. About ten wireless client devices can be associated with a base station, depending on the type of Internet connection being used. Wireless devices can communicate through the base station to a wired LAN and the Internet through an Internet service provider (ISP).The base station connects to a wired LAN through a standard Ethernet port by using a 10BaseT RJ-45 (twisted pair) connector. It can provide a dial-up connection through a standard telephone port by using an RJ-11 connector.The base station configuration parameters can be changed from a wireless device by using the Cisco Aironet Base Station Configuration Utility (BSCU) or an Internet browser.