Introduction

          Imagine being able to take your lap top anywhere in your home or office and still connect to the internet, use your printer and share files with other computers. And wouldn’t it be great to set up your desktop computers exactly where you want, without worrying about the hassles and installation costs of running Ethernet cables through the walls?  Do you want to connect to the internet at secure hot spot locations popping up all over the world?  Are you ready for an easy secure and versatile network that won’t turn your workspace into a snake pit of cabling?

 You are ready for wi-fi! It’s time to retire the wire.

        In the not-too-distant past the wired world was swept by a new invention called the internet. This revolutionizes the way we live and work by bringing information, entertainment and access to products/services into homes and offices all over the world.  The only problem was that you had to be plugged in to use the internet!

       Today there is Wi-Fi.  An entirely new generation of portable computers and PDAs have entered our lives and coupled with Wi-Fi technology you can still access your email and the web while freely roaming your home, office, airports, parks, coffee shops, fast food restaurants and thousands of the other places where Wi-Fi ‘hot spots’  are popping up.  Now data can instantly be at your fingertips whenever and wherever it is most convenient, whether you are visiting a client, breaking for lunch, traveling out of town, or relaxing on the couch.
 

What is WI-FI?

     An abbreviation of wireless fidelity. ‘Wi-Fi is a take-off “hi-fi and is considered a generic time that refers to the IEEE 802.11 communications standards for wireless local area networks(WLANS). Wi-Fi technology has been developed as an alternative to connecting networked devices by using Ethernet cables.  When you replace Ethernet cables with Wi-Fi adapters, you’re able to connect to a network quickly, easily, and without the clutter, hassles and limitations of wires.