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Wireless Network Layout. What Is A Wireless Network Anatomy Of A Wireless Network Reasons To Go Wireless WI-FI Standard Wireless Application Wireless VS. Wired Networks Blue Tooth Wireless warning. What Is a Wireless Network.
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Wireless Network Layout • What Is A Wireless Network • Anatomy Of A Wireless Network • Reasons To Go Wireless • WI-FI Standard • Wireless Application • Wireless VS. Wired Networks • Blue Tooth • Wireless warning
What Is a Wireless Network • Rely on equipment that uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data between computers. • Offer all of the functionality of hard-wired networks plus mobility and simplified network installation. • New nodes are easily added to a wireless network.
Building A Wireless LAN A wireless access point lets desktop and mobile notebook PCs connect to the main fileserver without cables.
Anatomy of A Wireless Network • Broadband gateway • Transceiver • NICs(Network Interface Cards) • PCMCIA(Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) NICs • Appropriate software • Organizational Structure
SOHOware's NetBlaster wireless transceiver lets computers on your network share a single broadband Internet connection.
Reasons To Go Wireless • Cost • Reliability • Mobility • A user connected to a wireless network can move around and still remain connected to the network.
About WI-FI Standard • 802.11 (WI-FI) offer interoperability among wireless networking equipment. • Creating compatibility between brands • lowering the cost to end users and making wireless technology an affordable alternative to hard-wired computer networks
Wireless Application • Wireless Office • Wireless Networking At Home • Future Wireless Network Application • Offer Internet access at airports around the country • Play a role in networking campus-sized installations such as hospitals and schools
Wireless vs. Wired Networks • Price • performance • speed • reliability
Bluetooth Introduction • A technology that can be used for computer networking and for communicating with external peripheral devices, such as modems and printers. • Within a 10 meter radius of the host system to communicate • Automatically negotiate communication with one another
Those attending a slideshow presentation could directly download any interesting slides through a Bluetooth-enabled connection between a PDA and the projector. This is one of many possible applications of Bluetooth devices.
Wireless Warnings • Predictability • Walls, large appliances, and other obstacles can interfere with them, degrading the network’s performance. • Security • Easily compromise an office’s wireless network and intercept sensitive data. • Speed • data traveling at speeds as low as from 1Mbps to 11 Mbps