Networking computers greatly benefits computer users. Networking enables sharing, sending, and receiving information. Whether you are hooked up to a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), hooked up to a intranet or the internet, networking is one of today's most essential products of technology. Many companies, such as Bluetooth Technology, are expanding our networking capabilities to wireless. Wireless networking has its pros and cons, which will be discussed.
Why go wireless? Someone may ask what the purpose of adapting and changing to wireless networking is necessary. To start with, it's simply easier. It is hassle free. Can't you imagine yourself lying at the beach with your laptop while surfing the net? .
Money would also be saved in the long run. For a simple home network, the current wiring may not sound so complicated. After all, what's the big deal about connecting a few computers to a hub? However, schools, companies, buildings, and anything other than a small home network would greatly save money. I walk down the halls of the dormitory or in my school building, and I see wires everywhere - some places they"re hidden better than others. The point is that there are hundreds and maybe, in some cases, thousands of computers hooked up by all types of networks. Can you imagine the cost of installation of those networks? The hardware that it takes to maintain these networks are a fortune. After some time wires need to be changed, and that too is very costly. Wireless networking would eliminate all the wasted spending as well as the hassle.
Another benefit of wireless networking is that its configurations are easily changed and range from peer-to-peer networks suitable for a small number of users, to full infrastructure networks of thousands of users that enable roaming over a broad area.
The subject of wireless networking is a very broad subject, and therefore without getting too technical, I"ll give an abridged explanation how wireless LAN's work.
