A common pattern across networking is the incorrect belief that only bundled products are possible. So the only product is a combination router+wifiAP. Or the

A common pattern across networking is the incorrect belief that only bundled products are possible. So the only product is a combination router+wifiAP. Or the only way to have a stateful firewall in ipv6 is to have stateful firewall+NAT like in ipv4. Its generally pretty easy to buy a stand alone WAP and configure it to be a very simple bridge to the existing network and call it done. If you have kids, buy two, connect the kids devices to the second AP, and control its power via various methods (timer, home automation, whatever). This is a trivial way to enforce "homework first, toys like ipad second", or enforced bedtimes or whatever. Note that this kind of misconception is limited solely to the networking world. The fact that TV+VCR combo devices exist made no one think its impossible to have stand alone TV and stand alone VCR.