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What is a wireless LAN?
Wireless LAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network. It is a flexible data communications system implemented to extend or substitute for, a wired LAN. Radio frequency (RF) technology is used by a wireless LAN to transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections. A WLAN enables data connectivity and user mobility.
What are some Wireless LAN Applications?
A Wireless LAN is frequently used to augment and enhance a wired LAN network rather than as a replacement.
Applications made possible through the use of wireless LAN technology include:
- Hospital applications using wireless LAN capable hand-held or notebook computers deliver patient information instantly and securely to doctors and nurses.
- Small workgroups and audit teams can increase productivity due to quick network setup.
- Students, professors, and staff at universities, corporate training centers, and other schools can access the Internet, the college catalog, and actual course content.
- Network managers can use wireless LANs to reduce the overhead caused by moves, extensions to networks, and other changes.
- Installing networked computers in older buildings becomes easier by using wireless LAN as a cost-effective network infrastructure solution.
- Pre-configured wireless LAN setups need no local computer support and make trade show and branch office setups simple.
- Wireless LAN in warehouses can be used to retrieve and update information in databases, thereby increasing productivity.
- Network managers, senior executives, and line managers can make quicker decisions because they have real-time information at their fingertips.
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