Revision as of 16:24, 28 January 2021 edit Kvng (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers 115,943 edits Changing short description from "Controller card for a wireless network interface" to "hardware component that connects a computer to a wireless computer network" (Shortdesc helper) ← Previous edit		Revision as of 23:53, 11 September 2021 edit undo 192.206.244.12 (talk) i just changed the definition a little bit Tags: Reverted Visual edit Next edit →
Line 4: [[File:DELL TrueMobile 350 Bluetooth card.jpg\|thumb\|A Bluetooth interface card]] A '''wireless network interface controller''' ('''WNIC''') is a [[network interface controller]] which ~~connects~~is used to connect to a [[wireless network]] through a wireless connection, such as [[Wi-Fi]] or [[Bluetooth]], rather than a wired network, such as a [[Token Ring]] or [[Ethernet]]. A WNIC, just like other NICs, works on the layers 1 and 2 of the [[OSI model]] and uses an [[antenna (radio)\|antenna]] to communicate via [[radio wave]]s. A wireless network interface controller may be implemented as an [[expansion card]] and connected using [[Peripheral Component Interconnect\|PCI]] bus or [[PCIe]] bus, or connected via [[USB]], [[PC Card]], [[ExpressCard]], [[Mini PCIe]] or [[M.2]].

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