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Wireless Hotspots: Comparing Apples and Oranges

, and . Computers in Libraries, 26 (3): 6-56 (March 2006)M3: Article; Mutch, Andrew 1 Email Address: amutch@waterford.lib.mi.us Ventura, Karen 2 Email Address: Karen. Ventura@rhpl.org; Affiliations: 1: Library systems technician, Waterford Township Public Library, Waterford, Mich. 2: Head of information technology, Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, Mich.; Source Information: Mar2006, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p6; Subject Term: IEEE 802.11 (Standard); Subject Term: WIDE area networks (Computer networks); Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: INTERNET protocol; Subject Term: OPEN source software; Subject Term: AUTHENTICATION; Subject Term: ETHERNET (Local area network system); Subject Term: COMPUTER network resources; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; Number of Pages: 6p; Illustrations: 4c; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 3054.

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The article compares a wide-open wireless network using Public Internet Protocol open source software created by Andrew Mutch for the Waterford Township Public Library with an authentication-required wireless network using the Smart Access Manager Wireless Manager created by Karen Ventura for the Novi Public Library. Specifications and components of the different technologies used to meet the needs of two different libraries are cited. The differences between the two approaches to wireless hotspots comprises of its cost, authentication and the ease of use.; The article compares a wide-open wireless network using Public Internet Protocol open source software created by Andrew Mutch for the Waterford Township Public Library with an authentication-required wireless network using the Smart Access Manager Wireless Manager created by Karen Ventura for the Novi Public Library. Specifications and components of the different technologies used to meet the needs of two different libraries are cited. The differences between the two approaches to wireless hotspots comprises of its cost, authentication and the ease of use.

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