In infrastructure mode, how do clients communicate with each other on the WLAN?

In infrastructure mode, how do clients communicate with each other on the WLAN?

• A. Directly peer-to-peer.
• B. Through the central router only.
• C. Through a firewall device.
• D. Through the access point.

Answer: (D)

In this setup, devices on the WLAN rely on the access point to handle communication. The access point is the central hub that clients connect to, and it forwards frames between wireless devices and the rest of the network. So when one client wants to reach another on the same WLAN, its traffic goes to the access point, which then delivers it to the destination (within the wireless network or onward to the wired network).

This is different from an ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) mode where devices talk directly without an AP. The other options don’t describe how the standard WLAN path works in infrastructure mode—the AP is the intermediary that enables all communication.