Both Wireless routers and Wireless AP have their own advantages and characteristics. At the same time, there is a high demand in the market. When it comes to wireless LAN, the devices reflected by many friends are wireless routers. In fact, there is also a device called APAccessPoint. It can also provide wireless access, but what is the difference between it and a wireless router?
If you can understand the difference between a vswitch and a vro in a wired network, you can regard an AP as a wireless switch, while a wireless router is also a wireless router. The AP does not have the routing function, but the wireless router can be regarded as a wired router + AP, which provides both the routing function and the wireless access function. If you do not understand AP, then I will say that AP converts your wired network port into a wireless terminal to provide a wireless connection ). In the market, because wireless routers are widely adopted by people, there are many products and the price is very advantageous, but there are few products in AP, there are only a few brands, the price is more expensive than that of a wireless router.
In this case, why does the AP still have value? Let's analyze it again: some university dormitories prohibit the use of routers. In order not to use the same account to access the Internet, and the ADSL on the telecom side is not allowed, if you want to access the Internet wirelessly, an AP or a wireless router with the AP function is required.
Some users advocate one thing to do. For example, if the ADSL cat is dialing, the wireless router is responsible for the routing function, and the AP is responsible for the wireless signal. In this case, the division of labor is clear, it is said that the performance is the best. Therefore, the existence value of the Two-Point AP is also very high. If you are worried that the price is higher than that of the wireless router, we may choose a few wireless routers with the AP function and very cheap.