By Abdul Rahman Malik
> As we peep in the history of Networking we will find that in 1971, the
> researchers at the University of Hawaii developed the world's first
> WLAN , or in full form the wireless local area network which was named
> as ALOHAnet .The ALOHAnet was supposed to be the bi-directional or two
> way directional star topology of the system which included seven
> computers deployed over four islands in order to communicate with the
> central computer on the Oahu Island without using phone lines for
> connection or data transfer.
ALOHAnet used amateur radio packet if I remember correctly.