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WiFi Manager

WLAN Management
WiFi Manager is an integrated management & security solution for WLANs:
  • Multi-vendor/model access point monitoring and management
  • Easy and uniform configuration templates
  • Visually manage multi-site, distributed environments
  • Robust reporting abilitiess
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Improper Broadcast Packet Attack

WiFi Manager raises this alarm when it finds a wireless device inject a non-broadcast packet to the broadcast address.

What can be the probable reasons for this ?

Under normal circumstances there is no need to send a non-broadcast packet to the broadcast address. So, this may indicate some kind of attack.

  • An Attacker may be trying to inject packets into the WLAN to launch some DoS attack.
  • An Attacker to find details about the devices in the WLAN may inject packet into the broadcast address. As broadcast of 802.11 frames is typically done to mark the presence of a device or to request association.

improper broadcast packet attack

Rogue client injecting invalid broadcast packets

What should the WLAN Administrator do ?

WiFi Manager monitors unwanted broadcasting attempts in the WLAN and alert the operator. Clients that send such broadcasts should be located and analyzed properly as they could be injecting malicious packets on the network to disrupt it.

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