WLW 019 – WLANs = Counter Intuitive

WLANs = Counter Intuitive

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This week we’ll be talking about some of the counter intuitive issues concerning Wireless LANs

Many things in life are simple, easy, and just make sense. Take simple arithmetic. Two plus Two will equal Four. Easy to understand, a simple calculation. In our world of computer networks, there are other simple ideas. For example, look at the ‘Link Light’ on an Ethernet NIC. If the link light is off, we know where to look to solve the problem. (Physical Layer) But if the Link Light is on, we know to look up the stack for the issue causing a networking problem.
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