Not sure exactly what you're referring to, did the author explain in the past they rather want ad-hoc network setup or something? Otherwise, ad-hoc is differen

Not sure exactly what you're referring to, did the author explain in the past they rather want ad-hoc network setup or something? Otherwise, ad-hoc is different from AP+Client, as ad-hoc is only between two devices (at least from what I gather) while AP+Client would allow a distributed network where clients are interconnected.