Typical 802.11 Wireless LAN Operation with Wireless Access Points

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802.11 and 802.3 have different frames

1. The access point receives an 802.11

frame carrying the packet

2. The access point removes the packet,

places the packet into an 802.3 frame

and passes the frame on

The access point does NOT forward

The 802.3 frame or convert the frame