How Does Wi-Fi Work by Gavin

Have you ever wondered how Wi-Fi works? I have and Wi-Fi is a pretty interesting thing to learn about. Learn all about Wi-Fi in this article.

Hot Spots One set of interesting facts about Wi-Fi is about hotspots. Did you know that the U.S has over 40,000 hotspots? That’s not even close to what I was thinking. Also, a hotspot is a site that offers free Wi-Fi. I don’t know about you but I see some restaurants sometimes and the window says “Free Wi-Fi”. That could mean the restaurant is near a hotspot. Hotspots aren’t free moneywise, they can cost up to ten dollars a day! Those are all the basic facts you need to know about hotspots.

Wi-Fi Locations Another set of facts about Wi-Fi is about the locations of Wi-Fi. Let’s start off with New York. New York has about 700 hotspots! You’re more likely to run into hotspot and have connection the whole day in New York! The connection runs slow because everyone uses it. Second, in June 2005 to June 2006, internet use to access information went up by 756%? That’s over 500! Another fact will be describing a hotspot. If you need to describe one I would describe it as the hotspot sending invisible waves to your device like the diagram to the right.

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Wi-Fi A final set of facts about Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi itself. The fact I will start off with is that Wi-Fi needs a router to work. If Wi-Fi doesn’t have a router, we can’t use it because it won’t be powered. Another thing you should know about Wi-Fi is to think of Wi-Fi as invisible cords like the diagram below. Think of it as a router in the middle with wires or waves connecting to each device like a phone, a computer, or a tablet. They all need Wi-Fi sometimes.

You learned a quarter of facts about Wi-Fi because there is a lot more you can learn about it. What would we do without it? On my IPad I can’t send messages or even play some games without Wi-Fi and connection. I hope you enjoyed learning about Wi-Fi.

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