Types of internet

connections

Dial up connectionWired broadband connectionWireless

broadband connections

What is wireless broadband connection?

Types of wireless broadband connection

Satellite

Wi-fi

How to make a

wi-fi connection?

Wimax

Range of different broadband connections

Pros and cons of satellite

Working of wi-fi

Index

WHAT IS WIRELESS

BROADBAND CONNECTION?

THE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY USES

RADIO OR MICROWAVE FOR THE TRANSMISSION

OF DATA. WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTION INVOLVES THE USE OF

TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS SATELLITE , WI-FI AND

WIMAX

TYPES OF WIRELESS

BROADBAND CONNECTION

1. SATELLITE

IN THIS TYPE OF CONNECTION, A USER GETS ACCESS TO THE

INTERNET THROUGH A SATELLITE THAT ORBITS THE

EARTH. INTERNET IS UPLOADED AND DOWNLOADED

VIA A SATELLITE DISH, INSTALLED ON ROOF TOPS OF

A USER.

DISADVANTAGESEXPENSIVEAFFECTED BY BAD WEATHERSLOWER

ADVANTAGESGOOD CONNECTIVITY ALTERNATIVE IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS DIFFICULTY PLACES THERE IS DIFFICULTY IN LAYING CABLES, E.G. IN HILLY AREA

2. WI-FI

WI-FI IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING THE PREFERRED MODE OF INTERNET CONNECTION ALL OVER THE WORLD. TO ACCESS THIS TYPE OF CONNECTION, ONE MUST HAVE A WIRELESS ADAPTER ON THEIR COMPUTER. WI-FI PROVIDES WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY BY EMITTING FREQUENCIES BETWEEN 2.4GHZ TO 5GHZ BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF DATA ON THE NETWORK.

AREAS WHICH ARE ENABLED WITH WI-FI CONNECTIVITY ARE KNOWN AS HOT SPOTS. ONE CAN USE ADVANCED SOFT WARES LIKE WIRELESSMON TO DETECT AND REQUEST CONNECTION TO HOTSPOTS. TO START A WIRELESS CONNECTION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE WIRELESS ROUTER IS PLUGGED INTO THE INTERNET CONNECTION AND THAT ALL THE REQUIRED SETTINGS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED.

Like mobile phones, a Wi-Fi network makes use of radio waves to transmit information across a network. The computer should include a wireless adapter that will translate data sent into a radio signal. This same signal will be transmitted, via an antenna, to a decoder known as the router. Once decoded, the data will be sent to the Internet through a wired Ethernet connection. As the wireless network will work as a two-way traffic, the data received from the Internet will also pass through the router to be coded into a radio signal that will be receipted by the computer's wireless adapter.

HOW DOES WI-FI WORK?

1. To start your connection with a wireless router, ensure that it is plugged into the internet connection point. 2. You should turn on your external modem first before plugging the router into your computer via an Ethernet cable. 3. Switch on your wireless router until it fully starts up and open your internet browser. 4. Then, you can file in your router's username and password. 5. Set the SSID (wireless capability) active. 6. Type in the username and password provided by your ISP and select either WEP or WPA security. Then, choose a new passkey.

HOW TO MAKE A WI-FI CONNECTION

3. WIMAX

WIMAX (WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS) IS A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS STANDARD DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 30 TO 40 MEGABIT-PER-SECOND DATA RATES, WITH THE 2011 UPDATE PROVIDING UP TO 1 GBIT/S FOR FIXED STATIONS. THE NAME "WIMAX" WAS CREATED BY THE WIMAX FORUM, WHICH WAS FORMED IN JUNE 2001 TO PROMOTE CONFORMITY AND INTEROPERABILITY OF THE STANDARD. THE FORUM DESCRIBES WIMAX AS "A STANDARDS-BASED TECHNOLOGY ENABLING THE DELIVERY OF LAST MILE WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CABLE AND DSL".

Range of different wireless broadband connection

satellite - as long as the cableWifi - 100 feet (30 meter)Wimax - up to 30 miles