1. Wireless LAN
Dr. Mohammad Rafiq
Ahmad A. Al-Dossary

2. Outline What is Wireless LAN? How it works?
Advantages of using wireless Network.
Disadvantages of using wireless Network.
Particular uses of wireless Network.
Building the wireless workplace.

3. What is Wireless LAN? What is Wireless LAN?
It is a type of computer networks, using radio waves as a career to send and receive information .

4. How it works? How it works? Transmitters broadcast towers.
Radio waves.
Router receive.
Cards.

5. Benefits of wireless Network
1) Installation speed and simplicity.
No cable to pull
Few transmitters and receivers for multiple users
2) Installation flexibility.
It goes where wires can not
Easy to add more computers and devices

6. Benefits of wireless Network
3) Reduced cost of ownership.
No need to build wiring closets
4) Mobility.
Provides services opportunities
Promotes flexibility
Supports productivity

7. Benefits of wireless Network
5) Scalability.
Works over great distance
Effective for wide range of user communities
Configurations are easily changed

8. Disadvantages of using wireless Network
Cost
Wireless cards cost 4 times more than wired network cards
Access points are more expensive than wires
Environmental Conditions
Constrained by buildings and trees
Susceptible to weather and solar activity

9. Disadvantages Less capacity Slower bandwidth
Limit to how much data a carrier wave can transmit
without lost packets impacting performance

10. Particular uses of wireless Network
Practical uses
Particular uses of wireless Network
Corporate
Mobile networking for
File sharing
Web browsing
Finance
Facilities electronic payments for goods and services
improve the speed and quality of trades

11. Manufacturing Practical uses Tracking of goods
Remote data collections.
Tracking of goods
Link factory workstations to servers

12. Building the wireless workplace
• How to configure a wireless LANs:
1) Peer to peer Network
2) Clines and access point
3) Multiple access Points and roaming
4) Using an extension point
5) Using a directional antenna