WLAN is the abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network, which refers to all wireless local area networks, while Wi-Fi is a standard within the wireless local area network, specifically the 802.11 standard (the purpose of establishing this standard is to allow devices from different manufacturers to interconnect and be compatible with each other). Therefore, it … Read more
Click the top Computer Enthusiast to follow us Today a friend asked me why my newly bought phone shows “Wireless Local Area Network” while my friend’s phone shows Wi-Fi. Why are there so many names for the same thing? Many people believe that Wireless Local Area Network = Wi-Fi, but actually, they are not the … Read more
Last week, a friend in the low-voltage industry asked us on the WeChat public account of the low-voltage industry network, “What exactly does WiFi mean? I use it every day but don’t know its origin. As someone working in the low-voltage industry, he felt very insecure about this.” After using it for so many years, … Read more