Access Points

An access point, a.k.a wireless access point—often abbreviated as AP or WAP —is a standard Wi-Fi host device (a.k.a Wi-Fi broadcaster).

There are standalone WAPs or those embedded inside routers to turn them into Wi-Fi routers. This section of the site is about the formers.

Each standard AP adds Wi-Fi of standards it supports (Wi-Fi 5/6/6e,7 or 8) to a (non-Wi-Fi) network or extends the the coverage via a network cable.