A municipal NOC asks what infrastructure mode means versus clients talking peer-to-peer. Which statement is accurate?
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Short Explanation
Infrastructure mode is the town square with a clerk’s desk: everyone talks through the AP. Peer-to-peer IBSS is more like neighbors chatting over the fence with no clerk.
Full Explanation
In infrastructure BSS operation, an AP coordinates the BSS and clients associate to that AP for data service. Ad hoc/IBSS operation lets stations communicate without a traditional AP. Municipal WLANs almost always use infrastructure mode; assessors should not confuse AP-centric topologies with peer IBSS assumptions.