Today, many people access the Internet using mobile broadband connections and
laptop computers or handheld devices, such as smartphones and tablet
computers.
• One way to connect a notebook computer to the Internet when you are away
from home or business is to rely on one of the wireless networks that use Wi-Fi
technologies.
• Wi-Fi is a family of wireless networking standards that uses radio waves to allow a
computer to communicate with other computers on a local area network or the
Internet.
• A hotspot is a specific geographic location in which a wireless access point
provides public Internet access.
• Hotspots can be found in hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee shops, and othe