WIRELESS LAN AND SECURITY ISSUES

ABSTRACT

Wireless LANs are everywhere these days from home to large enterprise corporate networks due to the ease of installation and access, employee convenience, avoiding wiring cost and constant mobility support. Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are cost effective and desirable gateways to mobile computing. They allow computers to be mobile, cable less and communicate with speeds close to the speeds of wired LANs.  Wireless network is widely used in many sectors due to ease of installation, flexibility, mobility, reduced cost-of-ownership, and scalability. Wi-Fi network can be accessed with laptops, mobile phones, cameras, game consoles and many other increasing numbers of consumer electronic gadgets. Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology has changed the way people communicate and share information by eliminating the boundaries of distance and location with high speed of communication. 

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