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It is past time to retire Ernestine, our switchboard operator. But how do we connect without her? Instead of her switchboard, we use Switches and Wireless Access Points to connect to a PAN or LAN. Starting with a device or laptop in a home, it would connect via wireless to a wireless router, then broadband modem, next to a cable or DSL connection, then to the ISP (Internet Service Provider). As the signal leaves the home, it would pass through various switches and other connections as it moves from the web (WAN) back to an ISP, to a LAN and to the party's device at the receiving end of the signal
This link will help you understand how a wireless network works and connects:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm
Reference:
Brain, Marshall, Tracy V. Wilson and Bernadette Johnson. "How WiFi Works" 30 April 2001. HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm 22 June 2014.
This link will help you understand how a wireless network works and connects:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm
Reference:
Brain, Marshall, Tracy V. Wilson and Bernadette Johnson. "How WiFi Works" 30 April 2001. HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm 22 June 2014.
LAN Connection in Window 7 (Video Credit via Creative Commons)
This video will help you create your own WiFi Network. (Video Credit via Creative Commons)