Wi-Fi
and related equipment
Wi-Fi is the commonly used name for a wireless communications method and a set of products which allows computers to talk to each other or to a central control box called an "Access Point" or "hotspot", without wires, at high speeds. This Access Point is in turn connected to the Internet via cable, high speed telephone line, etc. Many new laptop computers have this capability built in. For older computers, adapters are available to plug into a PC card slot of a laptop computer, or for internal installation in a desktop computer. If you have one of these "Wireless LAN Adapters", and you are within a few hundred feet of a hotspot, (and if the owner of the hotspot has given you permission to connect) your software can automatically connect you to the Internet.
Hardware:
Wireless LAN USB Adapter
Wireless LAN PC Card
PC Card - 2 Antenna Jacks
High Gain Marine Antenna
Parabolic Antenna
N-Connector Antenna Cable
MMCX-SMA Antenna Cable
2.4 GHz MMCX-N(male) jack
The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following list describes some of the many applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs:


1. Difficult-to-wire environments
There are many situations where wires can not or not easily be laid. Historic buildings, older buildings, open areas and across busy streets make the installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive.

2. Temporary workgroups
Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibitions, disaster-recovery, temporary office and construction sites where one wants a temporary WLAN established and removed.

3. The ability to access real-time information
Doctors/nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-time information while dealing with patients, serving customers and processing information.

4. Frequently changed environments
Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where frequently rearrange the workplace.

5. Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks
SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small network.

6. Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks
Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves, extensions to networks, and other changes with wireless LANs.

7. Wired LAN backup
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission-critical applications running on wired networks.

8. Training/Educational Facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access to information, information exchanges, and learning.
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