ALSO CALLED: Dual-mode Wireless LAN, Wireless Local Area Networks, and Wireless LAN DEFINITION: A wireless LAN (or WLAN, for wireless local area network, sometimes referred to as LAWN, for local area wireless network) is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network (LAN) through a wireless (radio) connection. The IEEE802.11
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WLAN DEFINITION (continued): … group of standards specify the technologies for wireless LANs. 802.11 standards use the Ethernetprotocol and CSMA/CA (carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance) for path sharing and include an encryption method, the Wired Equivalent Privacyalgorithm.
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