Wireless networks

Wireless networks

1. Wireless networks are another means by which data can be exchanged between a computer and a network, including the internet.

2. A wireless network is any network servicing computers or any other devices (eg, mobile phone) , in which the connections do not use cables of any kind.

3. Wireless communication usually uses radio waves, but infrared communication is also used.

4. In wireless networking all devices using the networks need to have a wireless network interface card through which they gain access to the network. The card is used to transmit data across the network and to recieve incoming data from the network.

5. The network itself will contain routers.

6. Wireless networks have many advantages, probably the most important s mobility, people are no longer tied to desks and wires.