The increased visibility of wireless networks can be attributed largely to significant marketing efforts by vendors like Apple, Compaq, Intel and Lucent. Click for more .
Easier installation is necessary.
Vendors must make appropriate use of sales channels to tap the small business and SOHO markets effectively. Security threats must be addressed. Product drawbacks must be alleviated. For example, notebooks with protruding antennae which are subject to damage in transport. The health care and finance industries are especially ripe for WLAN technology.