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wireless accsess points

• In computer networking, a wireless access point WAP, or more generally just access point AP, is a networking hardware device that allows a Wi-Fi device to connect to a wired network.

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routers

• A router is a networking device that forwards data between computer networks. Routers perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet

switches

• A network switch is a computer networking device that connects devices together on a computer network by using packet switching to receive, process, and forward data to the other device.

network interface cards

• A network interface card (NIC) is a circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. ... A networkinterface card provides the computer with a dedicated, full-time connection to a network.

transmission media

• Transmission media is the material pathway that connects computers, different kinds of devices and people on a network. It can be compared to a superhighway carrying lots of information.