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Abstract- Wireless technology is advancing and changing every day and its popularity is increasing. The biggest concern with wireless, however, has been security. Threats to wireless local area networks (WLANs) are numerous. Wireless LANs face all of the security challenges of any wired networks in addition to the new threats introduced by the wireless medium that connects stations and access points. To provide the defense and detection of these potential threats, WLANs should employ a security solution. Even organizations without a WLAN are at risk of wireless threats. This paper will describe different threats to WLAN and countermeasures to be taken against them.