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WPS redirects here, unappropiate[edit]

The page WiFi Positioning System (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wi-Fi_Positioning_System&redirect=no) redirects to here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_Wireless, a commercial company). WPS is a technology proposed some years ago, and being used by SkyHook Wireless. I would suggest to use the page of WPS for the WPS technology itself, and not as a redirector to Skyhook Kikoso (talk) 18:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why WPS? Why not "WiPS" (with "Wi" instead of "W") or "WFPS"?[edit]

WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) has been a standard long ago, if this GPS-like WPS became a standard, also in the same area of WiFi, I propose to substitute the term into "WiPS" or "WFPS" to differentiate it with commonly-used "WPS" secure easy WiFi connection setup.

It seems everyone involved in ICT biz area (such as Google, who most smart techie people dwelling inside) want to reuse the same full-name abbreviations for their own marketing purposes in the same area (ICT) without considering the uber confusions they brought to ICT consumers and public, and esp. to those silent (or 'silenced' in case of Google and other ICT bizes) techies and tech rats (who currently don't have power to change the ICT world from marketing trash into systematic nomenclature structure, yet).

--[Ois1974 @ 2014-03-31 Mon]-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.111.51.92 (talk) 15:41, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mozilla's Wifi Database is proprietary[edit]

There seems to be some confusion. Mozilla's location service collects Wi-fi and cellular data. The Wi-fi database is not released to the public and proprietary, the cellular database is licensed under public domain. This page mentions the Wifi database, details of the cell database are not relevant here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pstgapouhito (talk • contribs) 19:12, 27 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to determine locations of Wifi access points[edit]

There seems to be no explanation of how to obtain the locations of Wi-fi access points in a large scale. Maybe I missed something or is it too obvious to describe? Thank you

Marcel.kummer (talk) 09:25, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't do "how to"s, but the list of public databases in the article shows some that permit a complete database download. Pinkbeast (talk) 17:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"The time measurements taken at the wireless interfaces are based on the fact that RF waves travel close to the speed of light, which remains nearly constant in most propagation media in indoor environments." - No RF Waves are light, and by definition travel at the speed of light/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.196.15.114 (talk) 06:49, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]