What is the Difference Between Wifi and Internet?

[soltrana55]

While traveling, hotel WiFi connects instantly but emails fail to send. I honestly question What is the Difference Between Wifi and Internet during these common issues?

 

[Hanuman]

This is actually a really common confusion. WiFi is just the local wireless connection between your device and the router in the hotel. Internet is the connection that router has to the outside world. So you can have WiFi without Internet, which explains why your device says “connected” but nothing works.