LANs: use access points 50-100 meters apart
Low cost alternatives and adjuncts to traditional departmental or campus wired LANs
Typically connect machines in a single building allowing people to roam
Using unlicensed radio frequency bands with fixed access points and low power
Base stations are connected to a wired network
A common wireless LAN technology is 802.11b
Uses the 2.4 GHz band to provide connectivity at up to 11 Mbps - slower than ethernet (54Mbps)
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