Monday, 16 October 2017

What is Beacon and who send it

Beacons :
  • Used by the WLAN network to advertise its presence. 

  • beacons are regularly broadcast by an AP 
  • AP sends the probe, authentication, and association frames only during the association and re-association process. 
  • Beacon Frame Contains
    • SSID 
    • BSSID
    • Channel Supported 
    • Security Type supported
  • Typically, APs transmit beacon frames every 100ms.
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