The era of wireless connectivity has enabled flexibility and mobility, but it has also ushered in many security issues. With wired connectivity, the attacker needs physical access in order to connect and attack. In the case of wireless connectivity, an attacker just needs the availability of the signal to launch an attack. Before proceeding, you should be aware of the terminology used:
- Access Point (AP): This is used to connect wireless devices to wired networks.
- Service Set Identifier (SSID): This is a unique 0-32 alphanumeric identifier for a wireless LAN. It is human readable and simply put, it is the network name.
- Basic Service Set Identification (BSSID): This is the MAC address of the wireless AP.
- Channel number: This represents the range of the radio frequency used by AP for transmission.
The channel number might get changed due to the auto setting...