4.3.2. Wireless Network Caveats

Before you introduce a wireless network, you ought to know about the accompanying:

a)   The major standards work at various data rates. 802.11b works at 11 Mbps; 802.11g and 802.11a both work at up to 54 Mbps and 802.11n works at 65 or 150 Mbps.

b)  The particulars of the home and other introduced gear may meddle with a wireless network. This is most affirmed with 802.11b and 802.11g, which work at 2.4 GHz—the same recurrence the as most of wireless phones furthermore close to the recurrence where microwave ovens work. For instance, when I set up an 802.11b network at my home quite a long while back, I continued getting dropped associations, and I couldn't utilize my wireless telephone anyplace close to the remote network associations since it brought about discernable impedance. 802.11n/a works at 5 GHz, which might be less subject to obstruction in a home that has impedance in the 802.11b/g recurrence.

c)   A wireless network conceivably opens you to security dangers. Individuals with wireless network cards introduced in their notebook PCs can look around searching with the expectation of free associations. More probable is that your neighbours might have the capacity to "hitch a free ride" on your Internet association through your home network on the off chance that you don't secure it when you introduce it (this is more basic than you might suspect).

d)  This field is keeping on developing quickly, and an answer bought today may not be perfect with proportionate equipment accessible in a few years.