What is the difference between active and passive WLAN detection?



What is the difference between active and passive WLAN detection?..

Answer / chaitanya

Active WLAN detection requires that the SSID be broadcast in the beacon frame. Passive WLAN detection listens to all traffic in range of the device and determines what WLANs are in range.

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