From the course: Wireless Networking Essential Training
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Mesh wireless LAN
From the course: Wireless Networking Essential Training
Mesh wireless LAN
- [Instructor] We know that we can extend the coverage of our wireless network by adding access points. However, with our traditional infrastructural wireless LAN, those access points are hardwired into our network. And that's going to create a challenge for us if we need wireless coverage in an area that's not in close proximity to an ethernet switch into which we're going to be connecting our wireless access point. Fortunately, we've got the option of using mesh access points. This type of access point does not need to be connected into the wired infrastructure. As long as the mesh access point has power, it can receive signals from one access point, maybe back in the main building, and then regenerate, retransmit that wireless signal. That's going to give us a lot of flexibility when it comes to access point placement. For example, let's say that we want to extend our wireless network into our company's parking lot,…
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