Wireless LANs, also known as Wi-Fi, use radio waves instead of cables to connect devices in a local area network (LAN). There are three common configurations: access point extensions of wired LANs, public access points provided by internet service providers, and home routers for connecting multiple devices to a broadband internet connection. Hardware components include access points or routers to connect to the internet, and radio modems in devices like PCs to transmit and receive wireless signals.
Wireless LANs, also known as Wi-Fi, use radio waves instead of cables to connect devices in a local area network (LAN). There are three common configurations: access point extensions of wired LANs, public access points provided by internet service providers, and home routers for connecting multiple devices to a broadband internet connection. Hardware components include access points or routers to connect to the internet, and radio modems in devices like PCs to transmit and receive wireless signals.
Wireless LANs, also known as Wi-Fi, use radio waves instead of cables to connect devices in a local area network (LAN). There are three common configurations: access point extensions of wired LANs, public access points provided by internet service providers, and home routers for connecting multiple devices to a broadband internet connection. Hardware components include access points or routers to connect to the internet, and radio modems in devices like PCs to transmit and receive wireless signals.
Wireless LANs, also known as Wi-Fi, use radio waves instead of cables to connect devices in a local area network (LAN). There are three common configurations: access point extensions of wired LANs, public access points provided by internet service providers, and home routers for connecting multiple devices to a broadband internet connection. Hardware components include access points or routers to connect to the internet, and radio modems in devices like PCs to transmit and receive wireless signals.
Wireless LAN • more commonly referred to by their trade name Wi-Fi.
• Local-area networks (LANs) - use CAT5
or CAT6 unshielded twisted pair as the transport medium Three common configurations • Access point extension to a wired LAN • Public access point via Internet service provider (ISP) • Home router for Internet access Access point extension to a wired LAN Access point extension to a wired LAN • Shows a wireless access point (AP) is connected to an existing wired LAN, usually through an Ethernet switch.
• This AP contains a transceiver that can
cover a specific geographic area, usually inside a building. Public access point via an Internet service provider (ISP) Public access point via an Internet service provider (ISP)
• AP is connected to the main LAN more
commonly to an Internet service provider (ISP) by way of a long-range interconnection such as a hardwired T1, fiber connection, or a microwave relay link such as WiMAX. Home router for Internet access Home router for Internet access • users of multiple PCs, tablets, and smart phones, there is a need to interconnect each device to a broadband Internet connection such as a DSL or cable TV line. • residential gateway or wireless router - A special box that connects to the cable TV or DSL and serves as the access point.
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
- This gateway or router uses a software approach Hardware of Wireless LANs Hardware devices in a wireless LAN
• access point or the
gateway/router
• radio modems in the PCs
• Gateway or Router is designed to attach to the DSL or cable TV modem with CAT5/6 cable. Radio Modems in the PC • The transceivers are usually a single chip in most of the newer systems.