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WiFi
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WiFiorWiFi(/wafa/)[1]isatechnologythatallows
electronicdevicestoconnecttoawirelessLAN(WLAN),
mainlyusingthe2.4gigahertz(12cm)UHFand5gigahertz
(6cm)SHFISMradiobands.AWLANisusuallypassword
protected,butmaybeopen,whichallowsanydevicewithinits
rangetoaccesstheresourcesoftheWLANnetwork.

WiFi
Developed
by

WiFiAlliance

Compatible mobilephones,personalcomputers,
hardware
gamingconsoles,Televisions

TheWiFiAlliancedefinesWiFiasany"wirelesslocalarea
network"(WLAN)productbasedontheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers'(IEEE)802.11
standards.[2]"WiFi"isatrademarkoftheWiFiAlliance.The"WiFiCertified"trademarkcanonlybeusedby
WiFiproductsthatsuccessfullycompleteWiFiAllianceinteroperabilitycertificationtesting.
DevicesthatcanuseWiFitechnologyincludepersonalcomputers,videogameconsoles,smartphones,digital
cameras,tabletcomputers,digitalaudioplayersandmodernprinters.WiFicompatibledevicescanconnecttothe
InternetviaaWLANnetworkandawirelessaccesspoint.Suchanaccesspoint(orhotspot)hasarangeofabout
20meters(66feet)indoorsandagreaterrangeoutdoors.Hotspotcoveragecanbeassmallasasingleroomwith
wallsthatblockradiowaves,oraslargeasmanysquarekilometresachievedbyusingmultipleoverlappingaccess
points.
WiFiislesssecurethanwiredconnections,suchasEthernet,precisely
becauseanintruderdoesnotneedaphysicalconnection.Webpagesthatuse
TLSaresecure,butunencryptedInternetaccesscaneasilybedetectedby
intruders.Becauseofthis,WiFihasadoptedvariousencryptiontechnologies.
TheearlyencryptionWEPprovedeasytobreak.Higherqualityprotocols
(WPA,WPA2)wereaddedlater.Anoptionalfeatureaddedin2007,calledWi
FiProtectedSetup(WPS),hadaseriousflawthatallowedanattackerto
recovertherouter'spassword.[3]TheWiFiAlliancehassinceupdateditstest
planandcertificationprogramtoensureallnewlycertifieddevicesresist
attacks.

Contents

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informationwirelesslytoanother
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1 History
1.1 Etymology
1.2 WiFiAdHocMode
2 WiFicertification
3 IEEE802.11standard
4 Uses
4.1 Internetaccess
4.2 CitywideWiFi
4.3 CampuswideWiFi
4.4 Directcomputertocomputercommunications
5 WiFiradiospectrum
5.1 Interference
6 Servicesetidentifier(SSID)
7 Throughput
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