Consider the average user: they contact an Internet Service Provider (ISP), sign up for a broadband deal, and in a day or two they receive their router through the post. This they hook up to their existing telephone line, power up, then wait as the lights on the router turn a certain colour indicating that a connection is made. They can then turn on their computer or device, locate the Service Set Identifier (SSID, the router’s name), enter the wireless password and connect to the Internet.
After that, they tend to forget all