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Wireless network hardware

Wireless network hardware

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Wireless network hardware

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- Let's face it, kids, we live in a wireless world. Our phones are wireless, our laptops are wireless, even desktop systems are wireless, our Google Home is wireless, some cameras are wireless, wireless, wireless, wireless, we live in a wireless world. Well, actually, we don't. Well, it is wireless, but it is a very specific standard known as the IEEE 802.11 standard. This standard's been around now for about 20 years, and it is the primary way all of our wireless stuff talks. There's other standards, but 802.11 is the king. Now, there's lots of versions of 802.11. It's 20 years old, so you'll hear things like 802.11 B and G and AC, and we'll talk about that in another episode, but for right now, it doesn't matter what standard of 802.11 you have. There are certain things that are common to all of them, and the big thing and the most common thing is this guy right here. This is a wireless access point. A wireless access point is nothing more than a bridge between, if we take a look…

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