Communications
Hardware and Software Guide 8–5
802.11 Wireless Technology
An 802.11 wireless notebook can connect to wireless networks
(which also may be referred to as wireless LANs, WLANs, or
hotspots) in your home, and in corporate offices, public
universities, restaurants, and airports.
With the 802.11 wireless function, you can access a network
composed of other computers and accessories that are linked by a
wireless router or a wireless access point. Typical home wireless
networks use wireless routers, because routers perform many
network functions that would otherwise require multiple pieces of
hardware and software. A wireless router can then share the
Internet connection and computer files with multiple wireless
notebooks and wired computers. Corporate office and public
wireless networks, on the other hand, typically use wireless
access points, which can handle a large number of computers and
accessories and can separate critical network functions.
Bluetooth Wireless Technology
A Bluetooth wireless technology notebook can connect to other
Bluetooth wireless technology enabled devices using a wireless
personal area network (PAN).
With the Bluetooth wireless technology function, you can
communicate in a wireless network composed of Bluetooth
wireless technology enabled devices such as notebooks, cellular
phones, cameras, headphones, and handhelds. This quick-to-use
wireless network allows you to, for example, synchronize contact
information between Bluetooth wireless technology notebooks or
connect to the Internet through a Bluetooth enabled cell phone.
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