Home networking explained, Wi-Fi vs. Internet

In a typical home network, Wi-Fi bridges Internet to wireless devices. (Click to enlarge.)

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Wi-Fi and Internet are two very different things.

With the popularity of wireless networking, the term Wi-Fi is often synonymous with access to the Internet. In fact, our seasoned editor Scott Stein compared how fast the new iPhone 5's 4G LTE Internet speed was with his "home Wi-Fi," which is a skewed comparison at best. To be fair, most of us use "Wi-Fi" as a shortcut to mean our home broadband Internet connection, and Scott just wanted to say that his was really lame (no offense, Scott) when compared with the iPhone 5's 4G LTE speed.







by Dong Ngo via CNET How To