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Topic: Wireless LAN

Related:
  Wireless    LAN  
  Wireless Internet    Wireless Network  
  Wireless Technology    Network LAN  
  Wireless Services    Wireless Solutions  
  Wireless Communications    Wireless Phone  
  Broadband Wireless    Wireless Company  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite website(s):Slashdot
Most admires:Steve Jobs
Favorite possession(s):Apple Computer,  Linux box,  Cellular
Currently has on their coffee table:PC World,  Mac Today
Dream job(s):Bus Driver
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Interest(s):Computers
Likes to wear:Digital watch
Favorite computer game(s):Hacking
Listens to:AC/DC
Favorite online activity(s):Finding ringtones for their phone,  Chatting on ICQ,  Building websites
Membership(s):Free Software Foundation
Favorite quote(s):"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Our emphasis is on evaluating the performance of in-building wireless LANs under real workloads.
Although wireless LANs have existed for many years, only since the late 1990s has the popularity of WLANs become widespread.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Wireless LAN's and WAN's typically use the unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Measurements (ISM) band to provide Ethernet-like wireless networks.
Wireless LANs deliver mobile Internet access to laptops or handheld devices utilizing the 802.
Wireless LANs (WLAN) remove this limitation and allow clients to enjoy much greater mobility by accessing the LAN without wired connectivity.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

This is used with standard wireless PC cards to connect to wireless LANs or to insert a Compact Flash Card for offline operation.
We think in the next 18 months wireless LANs will be as ubiquitous in notebooks as modems are today.
The ability to disperse this information to multiple devices throughout the home is one more advantage that Wireless LANs have to offer.
 
 
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