In the Cisco Unified architecture, if a device does not have a wireless client adapter to connect to the wireless network, which option can it connect to using an Ethernet port?

Question

Options

• Ahuman machine interface
• Bvirtual private network
• Cworkgroup bridge
• Dhybrid remote edge access point

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  82% (18)
• D
  9% (2)

Explanation

A workgroup bridge (WGB) acts as a wireless client on behalf of wired devices - it connects to the wireless network via its radio while providing an Ethernet port for non-wireless devices to plug into, effectively bridging the wired device onto the Wi-Fi network. A human machine interface (A) is an operator control panel concept, not a network connectivity solution. A virtual private network (B) is a tunneling/security technology that requires an underlying network connection to already exist - it doesn't solve the problem of getting on the wireless network in the first place. A hybrid remote edge access point (D) is a Cisco WAN/branch device that serves as an AP for clients, not a device that helps a single wired endpoint join a wireless network. Memory tip: Think of a workgroup bridge as a "wireless adapter in a box" - when a device can't go wireless natively, the WGB goes wireless for it and hands the connection back over Ethernet.

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