Being i have a desktop puter using cable to get online, What is it they are talking about?
2007-03-28 12:04:38 · 4 answers · asked by duron1_2 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
WiFi is a wireless means to connect to a router or modem that supports wireless transmission. Its generally used with laptops, instead of having a trailing wire through your home, you just connect to the modem or router by WiFi. It works just like bluetooth on phones, but with laptops its much faster.
When travelling in airports you will see signs saying "WiFi support area" This means if you have a laptop with WiFI you can connect to the internet in public, if the area is covered. Sometimes companies will charge you to sit in areas with WiFi supporting routers, basically charging you to access their internet from your own laptop.
2007-03-28 12:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Heinrich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is Wi-Fi enabled, you can connect to the Internet when in proximity of an access point. The region covered by one or several access points is called a hotspot. Hotspots can range from a single room to many square miles of overlapping hotspots. Wi-Fi can also be used to create a mesh network. Both architectures are used in community networks.
Wi-Fi also allows connectivity in peer-to-peer (wireless ad-hoc network) mode, which enables devices to connect directly with each other. This connectivity mode is useful in consumer electronics and gaming applications.
2007-03-28 19:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by xiiaogurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet for outside ur internet usually wont work near stores and places unless it has WiFi which is internet connection
2007-03-28 12:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AqmYpm6SWtMWqhHbosSB5HJ17hR.?p=wifi
2007-03-28 13:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by helpdesk916 ♦♣♠♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋