What does it mean for a wireless network to be operating in “infrastructure mode?” If the network is not in infrastructure mode, what mode of operation is it in, and what is the difference between that mode of operation and infrastructure mode?

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What does it mean for a wireless network to be operating in “infrastructure mode?” If the network is not in infrastructure mode, what mode of operation is it in, and what is the difference between that mode of operation and infrastructure mode?

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Infrastructure mode:

• Infrastructure mode is the most common mode to operate and is the factory default setting.

• Infrastructure mode is used when a PC is connected to a wireless access point or to a wireless router.

• If the hosts are connected to the network via a base station or an access point (fixed infrastructure), then the network is said to be operating in infrastructure mode.

• Cellular networks work in infrastructure mode because all the cell phones connect to the network through the base stations (cell towers).

When a network is not in infrastructure mode, then it is said to be operating in Ad hoc mode of operation.

• In an Ad hoc mode of operation, the wireless hosts can communicate with each other without an access point.

• No fixed infrastructure such as access point is required for the wireless hosts.

Difference between Ad-hoc mode of operation and infrastructure mode:

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