In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP) (also just access point (AP)) is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to...

A rogue access point is a wireless access point that has been installed on a secure network without explicit authorization from a local network administrator...

through a wireless access point (WAP) that also serves as a bridge to other networks such as a local area network or the Internet. Since wireless communication...

Antarctica Wireless access point, a device to connect to a wireless computer network Access point, searchable data from fields of records in subject access systems...

A wireless router or Wi-Fi router is a device that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is...

office networks to link devices and to provide Internet access with wireless routers and wireless access points in public places such as coffee shops, restaurants...

An evil twin is a fraudulent Wi-Fi access point that appears to be legitimate but is set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications. This type of attack...

Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks. The term...

A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) is an Internet service provider with a network based on wireless networking. Technology may include commonplace...

denial-of-service attack that targets communication between a user and a Wi-Fi wireless access point. Unlike most radio jammers, deauthentication acts in a unique way...

Inter-Access Point Protocol or IEEE 802.11F is a recommendation that describes an optional extension to IEEE 802.11 that provides wireless access point communications...

or access point is concerned, only the repeater MAC is connected, making it necessary to enable safety features on the wireless repeater. Wireless repeaters...

Wireless broadband is a telecommunications technology that provides high-speed wireless Internet access or computer networking access over a wide area...

with the authority to issue and revoke access to a network; it may be integrated into a wireless access point (AP), or provided as a separate device....

a single location to multiple locations. Point-to-multipoint telecommunications is typically used in wireless Internet and IP telephony via gigahertz radio...

feature makes use of the Generic Access Network (GAN) protocol, also known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA). Voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN), also voice over...

standard for wireless connections that allows two devices to establish a direct Wi-Fi connection without an intermediary wireless access point, router, or...

business or as a public Internet access system. The wireless connections between access points are usually point to point microwave links using parabolic...

known as wireless modem or cellular modem, is a type of modem that allows a personal computer or a router to receive wireless Internet access via a mobile...

In wireless networking, the hidden node problem or hidden terminal problem occurs when a node can communicate with a wireless access point (AP), but cannot...

software or hardware or a combination of both. Wireless gateways combine the functions of a wireless access point, a router, and often provide firewall functions...

of access include broadband wireless access (BWA), radio in the loop (RITL), fixed-radio access (FRA), fixed wireless access (FWA) and metro wireless (MW)...

enabled access point". Such access points utilize software to enable a computer which hasn't been specifically made to be a router into a wireless access point...

form, venues that have broadband Internet access can create public wireless access by configuring an access point (AP), in conjunction with a router to connect...

association time. For the wireless client to know the WLAN supports OWE, it must receive a Probe Response from the wireless access point in response to its Probe...

Wifi vending machine, which is a wireless access point modified to allow paying customers to get wireless internet access on their mobile devices for a small...

wireless access point is required for connecting wireless devices to a network; when a router includes this device, it is referred to as a wireless router...

network the WNIC needs a wireless access point: all data is transferred using the access point as the central hub. All wireless nodes in an infrastructure...

multiple computers through multiple Ethernet ports or an integral wireless access point. Also called a residential gateway, a DSL router usually manages...

Internet protocol (VoIP) analog telephone adapter Wired router Wireless access point Wireless router A modem (e.g. DSL modem, cable modem) by itself provides...