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Combined Wired/Wi-Fi Network for Home and Office - Wireless Backbone
In many instances a wireless gateway, the central base station, can provide connectivity for all the wired and wireless networking components. Internet access, wireless connectivity and wired connections all flow through the Wi-Fi gateway.
This kind of Wi-Fi network differs from a completely wireless network because, in addition to the Wi-Fi connections, the Wi-Fi gateway is simultaneously supplying wired connectivity to various devices via the extra Ethernet jacks located on the wireless gateway.
These can include other desktop computers, printers and print servers and wired Ethernet hubs and routers, as well as additional Wi-Fi access points.
