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WHAT IS ACCESS POINT

AN ACCESS POINT (AP) IS A DEVICE THAT CREATES A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN), OR WI-FI NETWORK. APS ARE TYPICALLY CONNECTED TO A WIRED NETWORK, SUCH AS AN ETHERNET NETWORK, AND THEY ALLOW WIRELESS DEVICES TO CONNECT TO THE WIRED NETWORK.
 
APS WORK BY BROADCASTING A WIRELESS SIGNAL THAT WIRELESS DEVICES CAN DETECT AND CONNECT TO. WHEN A WIRELESS DEVICE CONNECTS TO AN AP, IT IS ASSIGNED AN IP ADDRESS AND CAN THEN ACCESS THE WIRED NETWORK AND THE INTERNET.
 
APS ARE USED IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND PUBLIC PLACES. THEY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY WIRELESS NETWORK, AND THEY ALLOW WIRELESS DEVICES TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET AND OTHER RESOURCES ON THE NETWORK.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF USING AN ACCESS POINT:
 
EXTENDS WIRELESS COVERAGE: 

APS CAN BE USED TO EXTEND THE WIRELESS COVERAGE OF A NETWORK. THIS IS USEFUL IN LARGE BUILDINGS OR AREAS WHERE THE WIRELESS SIGNAL FROM A SINGLE ROUTER MAY NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH.

INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT CAN CONNECT TO THE NETWORK:

APS CAN BE USED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT CAN CONNECT TO A NETWORK. THIS IS USEFUL IN BUSINESSES OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF WIRELESS DEVICES, SUCH AS LAPTOPS, SMARTPHONES, AND TABLETS.

IMPROVES SECURITY: 

APS CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF A NETWORK. THIS IS BECAUSE APS CAN BE CONFIGURED TO USE ENCRYPTION, WHICH HELPS TO PROTECT DATA FROM BEING INTERCEPTED.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO EXTEND THE WIRELESS COVERAGE OF YOUR NETWORK, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT CAN CONNECT TO YOUR NETWORK, OR IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF YOUR NETWORK, AN ACCESS POINT IS A GOOD OPTION TO CONSIDER.
 
HERE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURES OF AN ACCESS POINT:
 
RADIOS: 

APS TYPICALLY HAVE TWO OR MORE RADIOS, ONE FOR THE WIRED NETWORK AND ONE OR MORE FOR THE WIRELESS NETWORK.

ANTENNAS: 

APS TYPICALLY HAVE ONE OR MORE ANTENNAS, WHICH ARE USED TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE THE WIRELESS SIGNAL.

SOFTWARE: 

APS TYPICALLY HAVE SOFTWARE THAT IS USED TO CONFIGURE THE AP AND MANAGE THE WIRELESS NETWORK. 

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