Chapter 10 Flashcards
When a host scans the channels one after another to detect the beacons.
Passive Scanning
Power Save Mode - lets us know if there is traffic buffered to send
Traffic indication map (TIM)
empty message used to ask a node not to go to power save mode.
ATIM
The total time Station ‘A’ waits to send its packet is called
Contention Window
This is a reservation of the medium that includes the time to send the SIFS and the wait time to receive the ACK.
Network Allocation Vector (NAV)
Total amount of time in the countdown of the slot timer
Back Off Timer
The randomized period that CSMA/CA uses to count down to send a frame is called
Slot Timer
Slot Time speed for 802.11b
20ms
Slot Time speed for 802.11a/g
9ms
The frame has the highest priority and has the shortest waiting period
Short Interframe Space (SIFS)
Medium priority frame
Point-coordination Interframe Space (PIFS)
Lowest priority frame for normal traffic
Distributed-Coordination IS
This type of frame helps with the session
Control Frame
This type of frame manages the sessions
Management Frames
3 types of Management Frames
SIFS / PIFS / DIFS
Wireless frame are sent in ____ Duplex known as _ _ _
Half HDX
Function where No central device controls who sends packets first, commonly used media access function, Each device takes care of itself, and the AP don’t usually control this at all.
Distributed Coordination Function
Function where the AP’s poll the devices to see if they have messages to send. Not commonly used.
Point coordination Function (PCF)
What type of frame is this and will it have a preference of what network it joins? If so, which one?

Probe Request
It is an Active Scanning packet that is looking for the coherer network
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Uses Beacon Frames to join with a network
Passive Scanning
Uses Probe Request and Probe Response to join a wireless network
Active Scanning
Wireless Host Authentication Process
Steps and Packet Types
- Client sends a authentication request
- AP sends back a authentication response
- The client sends back an association request
4.AP sends back an association response
The AP sends a _________ Packet to disconnect a host
De-Authentication