Security issue of 802.11 wireless local area network

Keywords: Wireless networks, IEEE 802.11, WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x, Wireless security. The aim of this thesis is investigating methods for a secure wireless network setup. This thesis includes information about wired networks, wireless network standards and security mechanisms. According to this thesis two case studies are done about different wireless network standards and as a result it shows that most common wireless network configurations are not secure. Newly developed security technologies help us to configure secure wireless networks. As a result newly developed security technologies are needed to configure a full secure wireless network.