Wireless Network Layout• What Is A Wireless Network

• Anatomy Of A Wireless Network

• Reasons To Go Wireless

• WI-FI Standard

• Wireless Application

• Wireless VS. Wired Networks

• Blue Tooth

• Wireless warning

What Is a Wireless Network

• Rely on equipment that uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data between computers.

• Offer all of the functionality of hard-wired networks plus mobility and simplified network installation.

• New nodes are easily added to a wireless network.

Building A Wireless LAN A wireless access point lets desktop and

mobile notebook PCs connect to the main fileserver without cables.

Anatomy of A Wireless Network

• Broadband gateway

• Transceiver

• NICs(Network Interface Cards)

• PCMCIA(Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) NICs

• Appropriate software

• Organizational Structure

SOHOware's NetBlaster wireless transceiver lets computers on your network share a single broadband Internet connection.

Reasons To Go Wireless

• Cost• Reliability• Mobility• A user connected to a wireless network

can move around and still remain connected to the network.

About WI-FI Standard

• 802.11 (WI-FI) offer interoperability among wireless networking equipment.

• Creating compatibility between brands

• lowering the cost to end users and making wireless technology an affordable alternative to hard-wired computer networks

Wireless Application

• Wireless Office

• Wireless Networking At Home

• Future Wireless Network Application

• Offer Internet access at airports around the country

• Play a role in networking campus-sized installations such as hospitals and schools

Wireless vs. Wired Networks• Price

• performance

• speed

• reliability

Bluetooth Introduction

• A technology that can be used for computer networking and for communicating with external peripheral devices, such as modems and printers.

• Within a 10 meter radius of the host system to communicate

• Automatically negotiate communication with one another

Those attending a slideshow presentation could directly download any interesting slides through a Bluetooth-enabled connection between a PDA and

the projector. This is one of many possible applications of Bluetooth devices.

Wireless Warnings• Predictability

• Walls, large appliances, and other obstacles can interfere with them, degrading the network’s performance.

• Security

• Easily compromise an office’s wireless network and intercept sensitive data.

• Speed

• data traveling at speeds as low as from 1Mbps to 11 Mbps

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