Appendix
Access Point (Inf
rastructure) Mode
Infrastructur e
mode refers t o a wireless network architecture in which devices communicate with
wireless or wir
ed network devices by communicating through an Access Point. In infrastructure
mode, wireless
devices can communicate with each other or with a wired network. Corporate
wireless netwo
rks operate in infrastru cture mode because they re quire access to the WLAN in
order to acces
s services, devices, and computers (e.g., file servers, printers, databases).
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