Finance and more. Your home Wi-Fi router has an embedded AP (or even two or three embedded APs in the case of a dual-band or tri-band router) in addition to its function as a basic router.

Access points (APs) can be stand-alone devices that plug into a router or switch; however, access point functionality is also built into a wireless router, which is widely used in most homes and ...

Instead of trying to convince someone to take a five-year-old router off your hands, you can turn it into an external access point. Placing this AP at the far end of your home and connecting it to ...

In the overwhelming majority of homes, a wireless router is used for Internet access, which includes the access point. See wireless router and access point.