... , wireless networks use radio signals to accomplish what copper cable or fibber optic accomplishes in a wired network. The picture below is of a basic wireless LAN. It includes desktop PCs and Laptops as well as a wired network as the original Internet source. The goal of a wireless LAN is to provide a link to a wired network. This wireless link can be mobile or in ... point). This access point can send and receive from multiple sources or "end users". Each end user is equipped with a wireless adapter. These wireless adapters can be PC cards for laptops or ISA or PCI cards for desktop ma...

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... , not compete with, IEEE 802.11b since BT is for personal area networking (PAN) while 802.11 applies to wide area and local area networking. BT is designed to allow laptops, PDAs, cellular phones, and other devices to exchange data in a close-range (10 m max.) ad-hoc network. BT uses quick frequency hopping at 1600 hops per second in the 2.4 GHz ... ...

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