Syllabus 

The components of a personal wireless network, including networking adapter, router and access point; 11  GEN

Background

For personal use in the home you need to have a network adapter, a router and an access point.

Network Adapter

• your wireless device needs to be able to connect to a network
• to do this it will need a wireless card
• it is the wireless card that communicates to the router
• this needs to be setup with a username and password to match the router

Router

• the company who supplies your home internet, will usually supply a router
• the router will have a built in modem to allow the internet connection to happen
• the router will also send and receive the data so you can communicate on the network

Access Point

• the location where the telephone line comes into your house is the access point
• this is a telephone socket on the wall
• this must connect to the router

 For You To Do

1. Create graphics to show what this wireless setup would look like in your house.

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