FSNA Readiness Practice Exam

In wireless networking, there are two main ways devices can connect to the LAN: through an access point or directly to each other. The setup described—devices communicating via a wireless AP to reach the LAN—fits infrastructure mode, where the access point acts as the central hub that bridges wireless clients to the wired network and provides centralized services like authentication and IP addressing. Ad-hoc mode would have devices talk directly to each other without an AP, so there’s no single point bridging to the LAN. Mesh mode involves multiple APs working together to extend coverage and route traffic, which is a more complex topology than the traditional single AP bridging to the LAN. Enterprise mode isn’t a mode of operation for the wireless link itself; it typically refers to security and management approaches rather than the basic topology.