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title: "What is different between WiFi, MiFi, and LiFi ?"  
description: "What is different between WiFi, MiFi, and LiFi ?"  
author: "Sanat Shukla"  
published: 2018-09-13  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49786/what-is-different-between-wifi-mifi-and-lifi  
category: "information technology"  
tags: ["internet"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is different between WiFi, MiFi, and LiFi ?

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## Answers

### Answer by Shriyam Srivastava

**Wi-Fi** is the family of **wireless networking technologies** used for local area networking for devices and internet access.

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| **WI-FI** | **LI-FI** | **MI-FI** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| These networks have no physical wired connection between sender and receiver by using radiofrequency technology | light fidelity is a wireless communication technology that utilizes light to transmit data and position between devices | a wireless router that acts as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. |
| Compatible devices can network through a wireless access point to each other as well as to wired devices and the Internet | ability to safely function in areas otherwise susceptible to electromagnetic interference | MiFi devices can be connected to a cellular network and provide Internet access for up to ten devices. |
| 2.4 gigahertz (120 mm) UHF and 5 gigahertz (60 mm) SHF ISM radio bands | a wider bandwidth channel and higher transmission speeds | higher speed than Wi-Fi but lower than Li-Fi |
| transmitting data using waves of the network (em | transmitting data at high speeds over the visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared spectrum | acts as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot |
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