Question

In wireless ad-hoc network _________

(a) access point is not required

(b) access point is must

(c) nodes are not required

(d) all nodes are access points

This question was posed to me during an interview.

My question comes from Wireless LAN in portion Wireless LAN’s, Electronic Mail and File Transfer of Computer Network

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) access point is not required

Easy explanation: An ad-hoc wireless network is a decentralized kind of a wireless network. An access point is usually a central device and it would go against the rules of the ad-hoc network to use one. Hence it is not required.