Chapter 5
Wi-Fi and 3G Connections
We live in a connected world. Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) access has become the rule, not the exception—chances are you're already using Wi-Fi at your home or office. Now you can use it to connect your iPad. And if your iPad has a 3G radio, you can also connect to the Internet anywhere you have cellular data coverage—a much wider area than Wi-Fi networks.
In this chapter, we'll talk about the differences between the two types of connections for your iPad: Wi-Fi (wireless local area network) and 3G (cellular service—the wide area data network used by your mobile phone). We'll show you all the ways to get connected or disconnected from these two types of networks. There may be times you want to disable or turn ...
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