This post is directly related to the following previous article: "Wireshark: How to check it a Wi-Fi Network Supports 802.11v". In the previous article, we talked about how to check if a specific Wi-Fi network is supporting IEEE 802.11v, from the access point perspective. Like anything in Wi-Fi, we need support from both the access [...]

Today's exercice is simple: study the beacon frame and try to figure out what characteristics of the Wi-Fi network are advertised. In this first article, we will be talking about 802.11v. PRESENTATION OF IEEE 802.11V IEEE 802.11v or BSS Transition is an amendment which was published in 2011 and added to the IEEE 802.11-2012 standards. [...]