Wifi

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Chapter I

The Problem and It’s Background

Introduction

WI-FI is a branded standard for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A WI-FI device, such as a personal computer, video game console, Smartphone, or digital audio player can connect to the internet via a wireless network access point. An access point (or hotspot) has a range of about 20 meters (65 feet) indoors and a greater range outdoors. Multiple overlapping access points can cover large areas.

WI-FI is a trademark of the WI-FI alliance and the brand name for products using the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. WI-FI is used by over 700 million people, there are over 4 million hotspot (places with WI-FI Internet connectivity) around the world, and about 800 million new WI-FI devices every year. WI-FI products that complete the WI-FI alliance interoperability certification testing successfully can use the WI-FI CERTIFIED designation and trademark.

Carnegie Mellon University built the first wireless Internet network using similar technology at their Pittsburgh campus in 1994, before WI-FI branding originated. Many traditional college campuses provide at least partial wireless WI-FI Internet coverage.

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Background of the Study

Every semester/year the Information Technology and Computer Engineering faculty members of University of the East gathering information for the best connection of WI-FI. The preparation on how they network all the computers was among the planned activities geared toward the improvement of the quality of the WI-FI connection, particularly at the college of Engineering Building. University of the East also making WI-FI inside the campus more reliable, by taking feedback to the students and reviewing it to have a better WI-FI connections.

The reason we chose this topic because it is on our field of study because were computer engineering and it is not too...