A NIC begins the association process by sending an association request to an access point. ![]() :Ĩ02.11 association enables the access point to allocate resources for and synchronize with a radio NIC. With open system authentication (the default), the radio NIC sends only one authentication frame, and the access point responds with an authentication frame as a response indicating acceptance (or rejection). The NIC begins the process by sending an authentication frame containing its identity to the access point. 802.11 authentication is a process whereby the access point either accepts or rejects the identity of a radio NIC. ![]() Probe response, AP responds with with a probe response frame, containing capability information, supported data rates, etc., when after it receives a probe request frame from STA :Ĥ. Probe request, is sent by STA to obtain information from AP:ģ. Beacon frames are transmitted periodically to anonunce presence of wireless network and contain all information about it(data rates, channels, security ciphers, key management etc):Ģ.
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