A water-utility engineer asks what beacons advertise that airodump-class tools commonly summarize. Which answer fits?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Beacons are the AP’s periodic billboard: name (usually), what it can do, and how secure it claims to be. Dump tools just turn that billboard into a tidy table.
Full Explanation
Access points emit beacon frames to announce BSS parameters. Recon utilities parse those advertisements into fields such as ESSID, channel, encryption/AUTH indicators, and signal. Understanding that the table rows come from beacon (and probe response) content helps assessors trust—and question—what the tool displays.