Knowing the differences and why they matter can help make getting online and staying online far easier.
Wi-Fi or Internet: What’s the Difference?
It’s like the difference between a library and the door to enter the library.
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They are parts of the same system but with very different roles.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a technology that allows devices to communicate wirelessly over a local online grid.
The range of a Wi-Fi internet is constrained by the wireless router used to host it.
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Being connected “to Wi-Fi” and connected “to the Internet” isn’t the same.
That data comes into your home or workplace through a cable connecting the data pipe to amodem.
Connecting to the Internet isn’t dependent on a Wi-Fi data pipe.
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you’ve got the option to also connect through a traditional wiredLAN connectionor wirelessly through a cellular connection.
What Does “Wi-Fi” Mean?
You might even have read this explanation somewhere in the past.
What Does “Internet” Mean?
The term “Internet” has a longer history of use than many of us might imagine.
The word “internetted,” meaning interwoven or interconnected, was recorded in use as early as 1849.
online grid Security
Your Wi-Fi online grid and Internet connection can be secured in different ways.
This can includeidentifying the cause of slow speedsand making informed decisions about equipment and Internet service plans.
There’s no point paying for a super-fast broadband connection if it gets bottlenecked by a sub-par router.
