> Last I checked, a LAN card is NOT a modulator-demodulator (modem). ;)
Oh my god, a screaming 14 year old boy! I thought you guys only existed on slashdot. In fact, a Wifi card IS a modem. You see, a modulator-demodulator is merely a device that converts a digital signal to analog (modulates) AND an analog signal to digital (demodulates).
Guess what: the signal that comes out of the wifi card? Yep. Analog. How did it get that way? Modulation! Several different kinds of modulation for each bitrate, in fact.. But to understand an explaination of that, you'd need at least a vague understanding of Shannon's law, which you won't likely ever achieve.
I can't believe I wasted 10 minutes of my time just to thwap you with a clue bat. Pity you probably won't even read this. But people googling for "San Francisco Wireless Project" will!
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> Last I checked, a LAN card is NOT a modulator-demodulator (modem). ;)
Oh my god, a screaming 14 year old boy! I thought you guys only existed on slashdot. In fact, a Wifi card IS a modem. You see, a modulator-demodulator is merely a device that converts a digital signal to analog (modulates) AND an analog signal to digital (demodulates).
Guess what: the signal that comes out of the wifi card? Yep. Analog. How did it get that way? Modulation! Several different kinds of modulation for each bitrate, in fact.. But to understand an explaination of that, you'd need at least a vague understanding of Shannon's law, which you won't likely ever achieve.
I can't believe I wasted 10 minutes of my time just to thwap you with a clue bat. Pity you probably won't even read this. But people googling for "San Francisco Wireless Project" will!