Field Guide to Wireless LANs for Administrators and Power Users, A

Summary

Wireless penetration into the home is being driven by the adoption of broadband Internet access, which in turn was driven by trends toward more flexible work arrangements and also the simple desire for speedier access to the Internet. Conversely, people buying wireless LANs probably will upgrade to high-speed Internet access, simply because of the integration of the gateway and access point.

Corporations will, once they are comfortable with the emerging much improved security aspects of WLANs, adopt them rapidly due to the advantages of mobile computing. As this decade progresses, the speeds of wireless LANs will likely approach or exceed 1 Gbps (which sounds fast, until you realize that wired networks will by then be running at 100 Gbps ...