If a notebook has wireless, does it mean it has wifi? How about 802.11n?
2007-01-06 19:43:31 · 4 answers · asked by yahooanswers 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Short for Wireless Fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11n, dual-band, etc.
The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Any products tested and approved as "Wi-Fi Certified" (a registered trademark) by the Wi-Fi Alliance are certified as interoperable with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers.
A user with a "Wi-Fi Certified" product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that also is certified.
Typically, however, any Wi-Fi product using the same radio frequency (for example, 2.4GHz for 802.11b or 11g, 5GHz for 802.11a) will work with any other, even if not "Wi-Fi Certified."
Source : (Definition and Information)
http://wifihut.com/faqs.htm
regards,
Philip T
2007-01-06 20:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't matter just as long as you got wireless...wifi is just the same but a different name for wireless...
2007-01-07 03:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
802.11 anything (g or n) is the standard for WiFi. And it's wireless technology.
2007-01-07 03:45:20 · answer #3 · answered by DaleF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are all different names for the same thing.
2007-01-07 03:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by sfsfan1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋