Introduction to Wi-Fi (802.11 or WiFi) ShowIntroduction to Wi-Fi (802.11)
The IEEE 802.11 specification (ISO/IEC 8802-11) is an international standard describing the characteristics of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The name Wi-Fi (short for "Wireless Fidelity", sometimes incorrectly...
WiFi modes of operation (802.11 or Wi-Fi) ShowThere are several kinds of hardware that may be used to implement a WiFi wireless network:
Wireless adapters or network interface controllers (NICs for short) are network cards with the 802.11 standard which let a machine connect to a wireless...
802.11i / WPA2 ShowIntroduction to 802.11i
802.11i was ratified on 24 June 2004, in order to address security issues in WiFi networks. Like WPE, it relies on the TKIP encryption algorithm, but it also supports the much more secure AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)....