A municipal library’s public SSID experiences repeated client disconnect storms consistent with spoofed deauthentication frames. Which mitigation pair best reduces impact?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Deauth storms are like someone yanking the Ethernet cable over and over from across the room. Protected management frames help stop the fake 'hang up' messages, and a sharp WIPS alert tells you it is happening before the reading-room Wi-Fi becomes a joke.
Full Explanation
Spoofed deauthentication and disassociation frames can disrupt associations when management frames are unprotected. IEEE 802.11w-style management frame protection (where supported) authenticates those frames, and WIPS monitoring provides rapid detection of deauth floods. Deprecated ciphers, power tweaks alone, or disabling visibility do not constitute sound deauth mitigation.