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Originally Posted by gariig
Ok, WIFI is a marketing term, plain and simple. Like Burger King calls their burger a Whopper, it's still a burger. If you have a wireless router is the generic term (burger) and WiFi is the Whopper, just a marketing gimmick.
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A nice analogy but not
entirely correct. It is also an interoperability term. In other words, WiFi clients will work with WiFi access points, even if they come from different manufacturers. Of course, this only applies when we're talking about the same frequency range.
Mr Mephisto