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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition
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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition

by John Ross
January 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 43m
English
No Starch Press
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Choosing a Service

Each type of wireless access to the Internet offers a different combination of cost, coverage areas, reliability, ease of use, and security. Your choice will depend on your particular needs and the availability of signals in the locations where you need wireless Internet access.

For example, if you use your computer in just a few places and all of those places are within range of Wi-Fi hot spots, the built-in Wi-Fi adapter (or an inexpensive plug-in adapter) is probably your best choice. It's likely that Wi-Fi hot spots already exist at your workplace and in the libraries, coffee shops, schools, and conference centers where you regularly spend time, and it's relatively easy and inexpensive to install one or more access points ...

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