Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by walrus01 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:30PM
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To be more precise most serious business grade wireless access points such as the Unifi UAP series are not actually routers, they're layer 2 ethernet bridges onto a single switch fabric, or a varied set of VLANs in the case of an AP that broadcasts multiple SSIDs and connects users to different network segments.
The routing is done elsewhere, either at the switch that the AP is plugged into, or something another hop or two upstream of that.
The typical $50-100 "router" with built in 802.11ac wifi that you might buy at best buy is indeed a router, with both wifi, some basic routing/nat ability, and a dedicated WAN interface.
The routing is done elsewhere, either at the switch that the AP is plugged into, or something another hop or two upstream of that.
The typical $50-100 "router" with built in 802.11ac wifi that you might buy at best buy is indeed a router, with both wifi, some basic routing/nat ability, and a dedicated WAN interface.