Most devices today are installed with wireless capabilities and it is critical to understand the structure and pattern of wireless traffic within your network. This chapter will assist in understanding the methodology and steps involved in performing wireless packet analysis.
The following are the topics we will cover in this chapter:
- Understanding IEEE 802.11
- Modes in wireless communication
- Capturing wireless traffic
- Analyzing normal and unusual traffic patterns
- Decrypting encrypted wireless traffic
Wireless network traffic analysis is similar to wired network analysis; the objective of the topics discussed here is to learn about wireless technologies and protocol strengths and weaknesses, along with suspicious wireless traffic.
