Wireless Networks
Until a few years ago none of us had ever heard of the term WI-FI. As we are all aware now, WI-FI is the term used to describe the wireless network connections that enable us to access the internet. If you have ever seen the numbers 802.11 on a wireless router or in an article; that is referring to the protocol for internet wireless connection. … Keep Reading → While 802.11 and WI-FI may be recent developments, the concept of wireless networks are not new at all. Wireless networks can be any network of computers that is connected without wires. It is very simple to have wireless networks of computers sharing information and resources that has nothing to do with the internet. Every time we talk on our cell phone we are accessing yet another type of wireless network. Wireless networks offer the opportunity to expand communication channels beyond areas that are able to connect with wires. We don’t think about it much, but we rely on the technology every day.
