Understanding Wi-Fi Standards and Regulatory Organizations

Understanding how Wi-Fi works will make it easier for you to understand how to find and fix wireless issues. With this knowledge you can get to the root cause of Wi-Fi issues faster and ensure a better end user experience.

Standards we'll discuss:

• IEEE 802.1
• IEEE 802.11
• IETF

Organizations we'll discuss:

• FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• Wi-Fi Alliance

What you'll learn in this episode:

• How standards establish how fast the data transmission speed is between the router and devices wirelessly connected to it
• The pertinent standards and regulatory bodies for WLANs
• Types of operations that get standardized