Wireless networks broadcast their packets using radio
frequency or optical wavelengths. A modern laptop computer can listen in.
Worse, an attacker can manufacture new packets on the fly and persuade wireless
stations to accept his packets as legitimate.
The step by step procerdure in wireless hacking can be explained with help
of different topics as follows:-
1) Stations and Access
Points :- A wireless network interface card (adapter)
is a device, called a station, providing the network physical layer over
a radio link to another station.
An access point (AP) is a station that provides frame distribution service
to stations associated with it.
The AP itself is typically connected by wire to a LAN. Each AP has a 0 to
32 byte long Service Set Identifier (SSID) that is also commonly called
a network name. The SSID is used to segment the airwaves for usage.
2) Channels
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