The quick and dirty answer is that a "station" is the client.  Your customer (if a WISP), your laptop or PC.  An Access Point is the bridge between your wired LAN and the client. 
 
So here's a quick and dirty network diagram
{internet} ------ [Access Point] )))))))((((((( [Client/Station]
 
---- = CAT-5
))))(((( = Wireless Transmission
 
You might also want to download this UG:
ftp://ftp.zyxel.com/G-3000H/document/G-3000H_v3-50_UsersGuide.pdf
 
Its got a pretty good section explaining a lot of the wireless terms and how wireless networks work.


From: Sankaran Somasundaram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [SOCALWUG] subscriber station and access point

hi,
 
what is the difference between a subscriber station and access point?
 
could some one reply. your help is very much appreciated.
 

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