An assessor reviews a capture intended for a specific city AP and finds handshake and data frames of interest missing. The radio was tuned to a different channel than the AP. What explains the gap?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Wi-Fi is a neighborhood of channels, not one big speakerphone. Sit on the wrong channel and the handshake party happens without you. Lock the radio to the AP's channel before blaming the tools.
Full Explanation
802.11 stations exchange frames on their operating channel (and width context). A monitor interface parked elsewhere will miss most target BSS traffic, including EAPOL handshake messages and data frames needed for later analysis. The gap is a capture-tuning failure, not evidence of exotic crypto or cloaking deleting history. Fix channel alignment and recapture under authorization.