Understanding Wireless Networking
No area of networking has seen as rapid an ascent as wireless networking has over the last few years. What used to be slow and unreliable is now fast and pretty stable, not to mention convenient. It seems like everywhere you go these days there are Internet cafés or fast food restaurants with wireless hotspots. Even many mobile phones sold today have Internet capabilities. No matter where you go, you’re likely just seconds away from being connected to the Grid.
The most common term you’ll hear thrown around referring to wireless networking today is WiFi. While the term was originally coined as a marketing name for 802.11b, it’s now used as a nicknamereferring to the family of IEEE 802.11 standards. That family ...
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