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Event ID 5632: A request was made to authenticate to a wireless network

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A request was made to authenticate to a wireless network.

Event 5632
Security-Auditing
Security log
Audit
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
A request was made to authenticate to a wireless network.

Subject:
	Security ID:		…
	Account Name:		…
	Account Domain:		…
	Logon ID:		…

Network Information:
	Name (SSID):		…
	Interface GUID:		…
	Local MAC Address:	…
	Peer MAC Address:	…

Additional Information:
	Reason Code:		… (…)
	Error Code:		…
	EAP Reason Code:	…
	EAP Root Cause String:	…
	EAP Error Code:		…