What Is an Access Point?

An access point is a device where a wireless local area network (WLAN) user terminal accesses the network. Now WLANs are widely equipped with APs, and users can access wired networks by accessing WLAN APs through network cards. There are two types of WLAN AP devices: Fat AP (fat AP, independent AP) and FIT AP (thin AP, centralized control AP). ^[1]