Introduction to wireless networking

As an aspiring penetration tester, it's important to understand the key concepts and fundamentals of wireless networking and its technologies before compromising a wireless network. Hacking a wireless network is simply part of wireless network penetration. Understanding how wireless routers and access points (APs) transmit frames between one client to another goes a long way to becoming better at wireless penetration testing.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that is responsible for creating and maintaining a lot of standards and frameworks for the electrical and electronics industry, including computers and networks. Within IEEE, there's the 802 committee, which is responsible for developing and maintaining a lot of standards such as Ethernet, Bluetooth, and even wireless networking. Within the 802 committee, there's the .11 working group, which is responsible for one of the most common...