a) Wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies constitute a fast-growing market introducing the flexibility of wireless access into office, home, or production environments. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of WLANs.

b) There are modes of wireless networks. One is known as an infrastructure network and the other one is the ad-hoc network. Show two diagrams to represent each one of them, putting emphasis on the difference between them.

c) Name an example of each type of the wireless network named above.

d) Outline two popular standards of the IEEE 802.11x Wi-Fi standard. Specify the operating frequency and speed of each standard.

e) Name one security issue with this wireless technology (IEEE 802.11x) and describe how this issue will be addressed.

f) With the aid of a diagram, show the architecture behind the Bluetooth technology.