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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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CHAPTER 20

Wireless Networking

In this chapter, you will learn how to

• Describe wireless networking components

• Analyze and explain wireless networking standards

• Install and configure wireless networks

• Troubleshoot wireless networks

Wireless networks have been popular for many years now, but unlike wired

networks, so much of how wireless works continues to elude people. Part of

the problem might be that a simple wireless network is so inexpensive and

easy to configure that most users and techs never really get into the hows of

wireless. The chance to get away from all the cables and mess and just

connect has a phenomenal appeal. The lack of understanding, though, hurts

techs when it comes time to troubleshoot wireless networks. Let’s change all

that and dive deeply into wireless networking.

Historical/Conceptual

Wireless Networking Components

Instead of a physical set of wires running between network nodes, wireless

networks use either radio waves or beams of infrared light to communicate

with each other. Various kinds of wireless networking solutions have come

and gone in the past. The wireless radio wave networks you’ll find yourself

supporting these days are based on the IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet

standard—marketed as Wi-Fi—and on Bluetooth technology. Wireless

networks using infrared light are limited to those that use the Infrared Data

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