1 votes 1 votes What's WLAN passive scanning and WLAN active scanning ?? Diksha Aswal asked Jan 27, 2018 Diksha Aswal 184 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply joshi_nitish commented Jan 27, 2018 reply Follow Share in active scanning stations itself send association request frame to the AP's which in turn reply to that particular station. in passive scanning, AP's send beacons frames to the the stations showing the strength and capability of an AP in short, in active scanning association process starts from station side whereas, in passive scanning association process starts from AP's side 2 votes 2 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.