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Using Commview to scan Wi-Fi networks

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Using Commview to scan Wi-Fi networks

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- [Instructor] CommView for WiFi is a commercial product but a limited use evaluation version can be downloaded and installed. On first start up, it will detect the WiFi cards installed on your system and load the appropriate driver. I've downloaded and installed CommView and it's using my alpha card. The initial display is known as the Nodes view and we can see at the top left that we're displaying the Nodes tab. I'll press the play button to start capturing. As CommView hops across the channels, it displays the protocols 802.11g and 802.11n with the networks that it detects and under each network, the clients that are connected. On the left, there's a bar chart showing the channels and on the right, the frequency being scanned. The main display has the standard access point data, channel, SSID, encryption type and signal sensitivity. And if I scroll across the main display, the traffic transmitted and received is…

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