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SOHO Networking: A Guide to Installing a Small-Office/Home-Office Network
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SOHO Networking: A Guide to Installing a Small-Office/Home-Office Network

by Pete Moulton
October 2002
Beginner
464 pages
11h 13m
English
Pearson
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Wireless LAN Technologies and Standards

Wireless LAN products conforming to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard wireless LAN protocol are sold as PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) cards or CardBus cards for network laptop computers throughout a facility. The same wireless LAN PCMCIA cards with special PCI to PCMCIA bus adapters are also used to network desktop PC hosts. USB and PCI wireless LAN adapters are also available.

Wireless LAN products conform to IEEE 802.11b or 802.11a specifications. Such wireless LAN products operate at speeds of up to 11 Mbps (802.11b) or up to 54 Mbps (802.11a) and provide network security using data encryption. They work quite well even when ...

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