15. Connecting Smartphones and Tablets
In This Chapter
• Connecting to a Wireless Network
• Using a Guest Network for Visiting Friends
• Switching Between Wi-Fi and Cellular Networks
• Using Your Smartphone or Tablet to Control Networked Devices
• Using Your Smartphone to Control Things When You’re Not Around
Just about everybody has a mobile phone, and most folks have so-called smartphones—phones like the iPhone that let you connect to the Internet to do all sorts of fun and useful stuff. Most smartphones can connect to the Internet via the service provider’s cellular data network, or via any nearby Wi-Fi network. Because you have a Wi-Fi network in your home, that’s probably how all your smartphones will connect.
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