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by err_badprocrast 4775 days ago
Wifi authentication frames aren't encrypted, so you can craft bogus de-auth packets to disconnect clients. This has a lot of uses - you can DoS a client indefinitely, force them to reveal a hidden access point when reconnecting, or force them to disconnect and then reconnect to a rogue access point.

new standards encrypt management frames, though.