Technical Reference; Wireless Network Overview - ZyXEL Communications VMG9827-B50A User Manual

Figure 47 Network Setting > Wireless > MESH > A Warning When You Enable MESH

7.8 Technical Reference

This section discusses WiFi in depth. For more information, see

7.8.1 Wireless Network Overview

Wireless networks consist of wireless clients, access points and bridges.
• A wireless client is a radio connected to a user's computer.
• An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with numerous
wireless clients and let them access the network.
• A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients, extending
a network's range.
Traditionally, a wireless network operates in one of two ways.
• An "infrastructure" type of network has one or more access points and one or more wireless clients.
The wireless clients connect to the access points.
• An "ad-hoc" type of network is one in which there is no access point. Wireless clients connect to one
another in order to exchange information.
The following figure provides an example of a wireless network.
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