Of late, world are getting change with the help of technology. Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) is such a technology which have swifter the changes as well as become familiar in every possible sector. Henceforth, WLANs are rapidly used in the education sector for its’ numerous advantages. Plenty of budget and planning are distributed for upholding digital skills amongst the students by using WLANs in the education especially higher education. But it is yet unidentified to the higher education authorities either WLANs effects’ good or bad on students. Present study has explored the usage and advantages of using WLANs in education sector from the context of the University of Dhaka. The study followed by convergent parallel mixed method (Creswell, 2012) using semi-structured interview schedule for the faculty member and administrative personnel, semi- structured questionnaire and FGD for the students. The data was analysed using both simple statistics e.g. percentage, average etc. and thematic analysis. Result of the study revealed that most of (in 18% cases) students use WLAN in campus for their entertainment. On the other hand, this study also discovered that students of Dhaka University get three major advantages e.g. (i) a platform for education, (ii) self-development and (iii) ‘By-product’ advantages in using on campus WLAN. Finally, some recommendations are provided on the basis of the findings.