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Hands-On Network Programming with C
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Hands-On Network Programming with C

by Lewis Van Winkle
May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
478 pages
11h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Wi-Fi

Perhaps Wi-Fi needs no introduction. Almost every modern home with internet access has Wi-Fi available. This is in large part because residential Internet Service Providers (ISPs) typically use modems with built-in Wi-Fi. If your IoT device is deployed indoors, there is a good chance that a Wi-Fi network is available. This is particularly true for residential and commercial devices.

Wi-Fi is the most popular Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology and is based around the IEEE 802.11 standards. It typically operates on either a 2.4 GHZ or a 5 GHZ radio frequency.

Two main operation modes are provided by Wi-Fi. In ad hoc mode, devices communicate directly to one another. However, infrastructure mode is much more common. In infrastructure ...

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