How+WIFI+Works

This page is dedicated to educating IT admins in schools about how wireless works. It assumes you may either... > > > The pond ripples are what your access points are doing in your classrooms. Like a pond, radio goes on forever until it hits a boundary but gets weaker with distance. This means all your laptops and access points will "hear" each other...and that is where the trouble begins.
 * Want to understand about how wifi works in your school and/or why wifi is problematic in your school!
 * Want to be better informed when deciding on a new or upgarding your wifi WLAN at school.