Wi-Fi as WAN

WAN means Wide Area Network - otherwise known as 'the internet'. In networking terms, it's what the internet source is for a router.

Some routers support using another Wi-Fi network as their internet data connection, and this is called WiFi-as-WAN.

With WiFi- as-WAN, you can use your router to connect to a campground or marina's network. This allows all of your local area devices (laptops, tablets, streaming devices) to use the router's connection to the external Wi-Fi source without having to change Wi-Fi connection settings on each device.