Radios used for WiFi connections are similar to radios used for walkie-talkies or cellphones - they transmit and receive radio waves. They can change 1s and 0s into radio waves or from radio waves to 1s and 0s.  

WiFi radios have some differences.

• They transmit at much higher fre...

Use one or more of the following methods to keep your network private:

• WiFi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) is the recommended security standard for WiFi networks and involves signing on with a password. It uses either Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryptio...

A WiFi hot spot is used to refer to wireless networks that are accessible in public areas.

You can use your own cell phone to create a mobile hot spot or set up a WiFi network at home. If your computer does not have a built-in wireless transmitter, you can buy a wireless adapter that plugs ...

You can create a wireless network with a wireless access point. For this, you'll need a wireless router. 

A router contains the following:

• A port to connect to your cable modem 
• A router 
• An ethernet hub 
• A firewall 
• A wireless access point

Many cities use WiFi to provide free or low-cost internet access to people. WiFi networks are easy to set up, inexpensive and unobtrusive.

 A wireless network uses radio waves, just like cell phones, radios and televisions . 

• A computer's wireless adapter decodes data into a radi...

• 802.11ac operates at 5 GHz and is backwards compatible with 802.11n, with n on the 2.4 GHz band and ac on the 5 GHz band. It can transmit on up to eight spatial streams and push a maximum of 450 megabits per second on a single stream.
• 802. 11ax (WiFi...