OTHER REAL LIFE USES OF WIRELESS LANS
Doctors and nurses in hospitals are more productive because hand-held or
notebook computers with wireless LAN capability deliver patient information
instantly.
Consulting or accounting audit engagement teams or small workgroups increase
productivity with quick network setup.
Network managers in dynamic environments minimize the overhead of moves, adds,
and changes with wireless LANs, thereby reducing the cost of LAN ownership.
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless
connectivity to facilitate access to information, information exchanges, and
learning.
Network managers installing networked computers in older buildings find that
wireless LANs are a cost-effective network infrastructure solution.
Retail store owners use wireless networks to simply frequent network
reconfiguration.
Trade show and branch office workers minimize setup requirements by installing
preconfigured wireless LANs needing no local MIS support.
Warehouse workers use wireless LANs to exchange information with central
databases and increase their productivity.
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission-critical
applications running on wired networks.
Senior executives in conference rooms make quicker decisions because they have
real-time information at their fingertips.
Above material taken from WLANA