When you don't have to work with wires you can more easily reconfigure your office space as your company grows and changes, and you can also extend connectivity to new or temporary staff quickly and easily.
A wireless network gives employees increased mobility and allows them to share files, printers, other computing devices, and Internet access without wires or cables. For example, your staff can use notebooks with a wireless network card at a conference room table and still be connected to your network – with wireless, the conference room doesn't need to be hard-wired. From their networked computer they can share files, printers, and Internet access just as they would if there were connected to the LAN with wires. Meetings can be more productive as participants have access to the information they need when they need it and can begin work on, if not complete, action items right in the meeting.
WLANs can form a completely wireless network, or extend a fixed-wire network (LAN). To minimise the cost of switching from a wired LAN to a wireless LAN you can approach it on a step-by-step basis, by integrating wireless into your network as it makes sense and meets your needs. Once you have a thorough understanding of what wireless can do for you, and what it takes to integrate it into your current systems, you can better proceed down the path to your wireless networking solution.
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