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 and other devices (e.g. mobile phones) in which the connections do not use cables of any kind. Wireless communication usually uses radio waves, but infrared communication is also used.

3. In wireless networking all devices using the network need to have a wireless network interface card through which they gain access to the network, including the internet.

4. The card is used to transmit data across the network and to recieve incoming data from the network.

5. Wireless networks have advantages, the most inportant being mobility; people are no longer tied to desk and wires.