Wireless Networking

Technology has now reached the point where vendors and users are both wondering whether the continual task of running cables and connecting computers through ethernet ports is even worth the effort. A number of standards are designed to integrate wireless networking with TCP/IP. The following sections describe some of those technologies. You’ll learn about

  • 802.11 Networks

  • WAP

  • Mobile IP

  • Bluetooth

Many of the details for how these technologies are incorporated into products and services depend upon the vendor. The following sections introduce you to some of the concepts.

802.11 Networks

As you learned in Hour 3, the details of the physical network reside at the Network Access layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack. The easiest way ...

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