Convenience at a Price
Wireless networks have the potential to make enterprise networking much
more efficient and cost effective. It is much easier to set a user up
with a wireless network connection than to run Ethernet cabling from the
nearest switch, through the walls and install a network jack at their
desk. Wireless networks also help resolve the fairly ubiquitous problem
of having too few network connections in conference rooms, and the fact
that the conference room network connections are always at the least
functional location possible.
The convenience of wireless networks comes with a price though. Wired
network access can be controlled because the data is contained within
the cabling that connects the computer to the switch. With a wireless
network, the “cabling” between the computer and the switch is called
“air”, which any device within range can potentially access. If a user
can connect with a wireless access point from 300 feet away, then in
theory so can anyone else within a 300 foot radius of the wireless
access point.
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