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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lightweight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) is a protocol that can control multiple Wi-Fi wireless access points at once. This can reduce the amount of...

fraudulent Wi-Fi access point that appears to be legitimate but is set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications. The evil twin is the wireless LAN equivalent...

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

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

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

home or office, some providers also supply a specially programmed wireless access point that prioritizes UMA packets. Another benefit of Wi-Fi calling is...

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....

on Internet access is the practice of establishing a wireless Internet connection by using another subscriber's wireless Internet access service without...

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...

amendment is no longer valid, the term "802.11a" is still used by wireless access point (cards and routers) manufacturers to describe interoperability of...

or other wireless link, such as laser bridge. Usually, fixed wireless is part of a wireless LAN infrastructure. The purpose of a fixed wireless link is...

for one task (e.g. iwlist and iwconfig to find and sync with a wireless access point), some recommend using frontends provided by GNOME and KDE, or an...

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...