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===Wireless PAN=== Wireless [[personal area network]]s (WPANs) connect devices within a relatively small area, that is generally within a person's reach. For example, both [[Bluetooth]] radio and invisible [[infrared]] light provides a WPAN for interconnecting a headset to a laptop. [[Zigbee]] also supports WPAN applications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wireless-nets.com/resources/downloads/wireless_industry_report_2007.html|title=Wireless Network Industry Report|access-date=8 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029042616/http://www.wireless-nets.com/resources/downloads/wireless_industry_report_2007.html|archive-date=29 October 2008}}</ref> Wi-Fi PANs are becoming commonplace (2010) as equipment designers start to integrate Wi-Fi into a variety of consumer electronic devices. [[Intel]] "My WiFi" and [[Windows 7]] "virtual Wi-Fi" capabilities have made Wi-Fi PANs simpler and easier to set up and configure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.in/Software/10-04-27/Wi-Fi_personal_area_networks_get_a_boost_with_Windows_7.aspx|title=Wi-Fi Personal Area Networks get a boost with Windows 7 and Intel My WiFi|access-date=27 April 2010|archive-date=30 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430101708/http://informationweek.in/Software/10-04-27/Wi-Fi_personal_area_networks_get_a_boost_with_Windows_7.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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