What does wireless routing set ap mode mean?

Significance of setting ap mode for wireless routing;

AP is the abbreviation of wireless access point, and its Chinese name is wireless access point; The AP mode is also a wireless access point mode.

AP is equivalent to a bridge connecting wired network and wireless network. Its main function is to connect all wireless network clients together, and then connect the wireless network to Ethernet (this is the original meaning of the name access point).

Simply put, it is to expand the wired network into a wireless network. For example, in the network with wired router architecture, mobile phones and laptops cannot use wireless networks; If the AP is connected to a wired network, then mobile phones and laptops can use wireless networks.

Use of ap mode:

When users are in hotels, hotels, offices and other places, these places provide a network cable for users to surf the Internet. Users plug this network cable into the computer and can surf the Internet directly without other settings.

If users use wireless WiFi in these places, they only need to plug this network cable into the wireless router, and then set the working mode of the router to "AP mode", so users can use the wireless network.

Pay attention to this question:

1, AP mode is called differently in routers made by different manufacturers. For example, Tengda router is called "hotel mode".

2. Not all wireless routers have AP mode. General AP mode only appears on portable wireless routers, and there is no AP mode on ordinary wireless routers.