International Journal of Managment, IT and Engineering
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

WI- FI technology and its applications in ICT era in library and information centres: A study

  • Author:
  • T. Raghunadha Reddy, K. Kumar, C. Kumari
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 112 to 121

*Librarian, SVCET, Chittoor, (A.P.)

**Assistant Librarian, SVCET, Chittoor, (A.P.)

Online published on 10 October, 2013.

Abstract

The paper presents the technological aspects of Wi-Fi technology and explores some of the major issues of wireless networks in libraries and components of the Wi-Fi technology. Fortunately, the technology has advanced considerably and can be deployed for keeping in view the user's needs; the libraries provide new technology-based services to them. To know the use of these new facilities/services among the library users, without sacrificing the security of library's network. Infrastructure facilities require for the libraries to go Wi-Fi network. Availability of commercial and free Wi-Fi services. Advantages and disadvantages of Wi-Fi services are also discussed.

Keywords

Wi-Fi technology, Access Point, ISP, ISDN, IEEE 802.11, WLAN, VPN, Protocol