Wireless Networks and Security

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Wireless Networks and Security
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Table of Contents
Part A:............................................................................................................................2
Level of Complexity:.................................................................................................2
Included Features:......................................................................................................2
Comparison of models in functionalities:..................................................................3
Advantages and Disadvantages:.................................................................................3
Summarization of Findings:.......................................................................................4
Part B:.............................................................................................................................4
Most Recent Wireless Technologies:.........................................................................4
Use of these technologies in Real Time:....................................................................4
Strength, Weaknesses and Security issues:................................................................5
Conclusion:................................................................................................................6
References:.....................................................................................................................7

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Part A:
Here the two selected WLAN sniffing tools are the Wireshark and another one is the
Wi-Fi Sniffer.
Level of Complexity:
Considering the level of complexity, it is somehow complex for the normal peoples to
use. For the expert peoples who are very good at the networking using Wireshark seems to be
easy for them. Eventually the Wireshark is one of the most popular WLAN sniffing tools that
is available in the market [1]. The Wireshark is also an open source WLAN sniffing tool.
Also, this tool is very easy to navigate.
(Figure 1: Installing Wireshark)
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Another WLAN sniffing tool in this case is the Tcpdump which is also an open source
type of WLAN sniffing tool [2]. The tcmdump is actually a UNIX packet sniffers. This is a

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classic type of utility and does not consists any type of graphical user interface. Due to this
reason the complexity level of tcpdump is comparatively higher than the Wireshark. All the
functionality of the tcpdump is done through command line interface.
Included Features:
The Wireshark is consisting various of features in terms of WLAN sniffing. The
Wireshark is able to identify the structure of different types of networking protocol which is
one of the main important features of it. With that the other features of the Wireshark are the:
 Wireshark is capable of capturing data from wire of a live connection [3].
 This live data can be read from various types of networks which includes PPP,
Ethernet and IEEE 802.11.
 Captured data through Wireshark can be browsed via the GUI of it.
 Wireshark is also capable of capturing the traffics from the VoIP calls.
(Figure 2: Capturing Data Packets Using Wireshark)
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