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Chapter 9, Problem 15RB
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A wireless access point which is a bridge and another wireless access point which is not a bridge, are used to handle network traffic.
To find:The reason why the wireless access point which is a bridge is more efficient than the wireless access point that is not a bridge for handling the traffic.
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A wireless access point is a dedicated device used to connect wireless network devices such as Wi-Fi to a wired network...
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