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Networking
What Is a Wireless LAN (WLAN)? How It Relates to Wi-Fi
A Wireless LAN, or WLAN, is a local area network that connects devices using radio waves instead of cables. Laptops, phones, printers, and other devices all talk to each other, and to the internet, without a single Ethernet cable involved. Here’s the part worth getting right from the start: Wi-Fi is not a separate technology...
Networking
Some trendy kitchen and cabinet door designs
The kitchen has become one of the most network-intensive rooms in any modern home or commercial facility, yet most IT professionals still treat it as an afterthought in their LAN design. Smart refrigerators, Wi-Fi-enabled ovens, connected dishwashers, and voice-controlled assistants now share the same broadcast domain as critical workstations and servers. In a 2026 survey...