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Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

 

  • A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a normal local area network (LAN) that can be accessed by portable machines (ie. notebooks).
  • When a wireless user requires access to the network they simply turn on their computers anytime and anywhere on campus within a specified radio coverage area.
  • The popularity of wireless LANs is a testament primarily to their convenience, cost efficiency, and ease of integration with other networks and network components. The majority of computers sold to consumers today come pre-equipped with all necessary wireless LAN technology.
  • Swinburne University's Wireless is capable of a 54 Mbps (megabits per second) data transmission rate, and has wireless coverage at all of its five major campuses, Hawthorn, Prahran, Lilydale, Croydon and Wantirna.