| Wireless technology has become a
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| | to receive the signal must have the same
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| prominent field in the area of
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| | set of SSID as that of sender's SSID.
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| networking. It has many uses. The most
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| | Advantages.
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| important being portability and mobility.
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| | The usage of wifi system has numerous
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| With the help of wireless technology
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| | advantages. The most important advantage
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| people now can send and receive messages,
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| | is the cost factor. Since there are free
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| phone calls, faxes, read files, login on
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| | hotspots or access points, a free
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| remote machines etc. and perform all the
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| | connection between two nodes cab be
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| above mentioned duties from anywhere on
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| | established in the network. A wireless
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| land, sea, or air.
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| | network also provides the facilities of
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| The technology of wifi has stormed the
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| | mobility. Hence it is now possible to
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| field of wireless networking. There are
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| | have a wireless connection, free of hard
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| numerous applications of wifi. Nowadays
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| | wired connections.It is also easy to
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| it is very useful and critical in
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| | install and configure wifi network. It is
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| business world because today's business
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| | also easy and generally faster, internet
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| gives more emphasis on the communication
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| | connections are possible by wifi
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| of the information. Wifi also finds usage
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| | networks.
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| at home, workplaces, shops, any public
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| | Dangers and risks.
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| places etc. the study of the advantages
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| | Since wifi is a wireless connection it
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| and the risks involved in the wifi system
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| | uses the shared wireless space. Hence it
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| is necessary in order to exploit the full
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| | is possible that many signals of similar
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| use of it.
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| | frequencies can interfere with each other
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| About wireless networks.
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| | and cause unnecessary distortions. This
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| The transfer of information from node to
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| | leads to the loss of data and the
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| another with the help of electromagnetic
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| | received data may get corrupted. Hence
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| waves is referred to as wireless
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| | wifi does not ensure an error free
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| communication. Signals are normally
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| | connection. Another danger involved is
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| broadcast through free space and are
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| | related to security of data. It is
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| available to anyone who has device
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| | possible that users who are new to the
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| capable of receiving them. A new
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| | wifi network may setup an insecure access
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| technique of wireless data transmission
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| | point, without setting the various
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| known as wifi (wireless fidelity) has
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| | security configurations. It is also
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| been developed. Wifi uses the radio waves
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| | possible that some miscreants may use the
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| to transmit the data. It uses the
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| | same default SSID everywhere to access
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| frequency of 2.4GHz and uses SSID for
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| | the secured access points illegally. The
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| addressing purposes. SSID stands for
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| | best way to counter these dangers is to
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| Service Set Identifier. It uses a set of
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| | learn and study the configuration of the
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| characters or numbers addresses so that
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| | secured network and make it a rule to
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| the sending access point can be
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| | always use a different SSID for access
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| identified. Any access point which wants
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| | point and never keep the default value.
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