Wireless Access Point Application

sniffer

- is a mode configured on a wireless AP when the intended function is to collect data being transmitted in area with wireless coverage for more in-depth analysis of it.

Rouge Detector

- is a mode configured on a wireless AP when the intended function is to detect unmanaged and possibly malicious wireless APs operating on the same frequency in an area with wireless coverage

local

is the default mode for a wireless AP. When a wireless AP is configured in default mode, it is being used to connect wireless compatible nodes to the wireless computer network.

Overlapping

is when multiple wireless APs operate in the same geographic area and transmit at the same time resulting in a collision and frame loss

wireless AP

it should also be noted that a wireless AP could be thought of as a wireless switch in the context of its application on a wireless computer network,This is because a wireless AP operates at the data-link layer of the OSI model and maintains a local MAC address table for forwarding frames

addition to this, a wireless AP should also be thought of as a Bridge.

This is because wireless APs are also responsible for translating a received 802.11 signal from a wireless node and converting it into an 802.3 Ethernet frame before transmission on a type of physical media. The same can be said going in the opposite direction as well,

Wireless APs also

broadcast what is known as a Service Set Identifier (SSID) to advertise their presence in an area and allow nodes to identify and connect to their wireless computer network

Monitoring

is a mode configured on a wireless AP when the intended function is to have a dedicated monitor to present statistics in each geographic area that there is wireless coverage.

Wi-Fi Frequency Bands

wireless APs operate within this

Channels.

wireless APs will also operate within this, is a smaller frequency band within the primary WiFi frequency band.