Post Views: 6,525 Below is a clean, technician-focused list of the Windows PowerShell commands used for Wi-Fi and WLAN troubleshooting, organized by function. This aligns well with broadband-tech workflows, capture analysis, and WLAN Operations fundamentals. You will find a more comprehensive and updated version of this post at our Patreon community. You will find the complete […]
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Post Views: 2,249 Great question. In one sentence it is a purple tool, meaning both! Wireshark itself is a passive tool, it is non-intrusive — it doesn’t create attacks — but it’s a force multiplier for both Red and Blue Teams depending on who controls the capture point and how the data is used. Let
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Post Views: 1,966 Before anything, I want to thank my user @LeoRegem on Discord for providing the information below. Thank you! Join us there is you want to comment. Here are the steps for capturing WLAN Wi-Fi packets on Android (basically getting into monitor mode and selecting channels, etc): Once you have this set, you
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Post Views: 4,470 Retransmissions of frames in WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks) can become problematic for several reasons, primarily due to the nature of the wireless medium. While retransmissions are a necessary part of ensuring data integrity in unreliable networks, they can cause inefficiencies and degrade network performance. I will get to the details below,
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Post Views: 18,254 Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is a measure of how strong a signal is compared to the background noise in a communication system. It is typically expressed in decibels (dB). The higher the SNR, the clearer and more reliable the signal. I often get asked, how is signal to noise calculated. Frankly the math
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Post Views: 1,706 Service provider technicians need routine Wi-Fi skills training and they need to know how to troubleshoot Wi-Fi networks for several important reasons: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks is essential for service provider technicians to ensure reliable service, maintain customer satisfaction, and keep up with the fast-paced advancements in networking technology. Because the Wi-Fi network
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Post Views: 204,706 So many folks use Windows and they want to capture Wi-Fi traffic in Monitor Mode (aka RFMON) using their onboard Wi-Fi adapter, and, for those of us who have tried, we all know how problematic that is. The answer as discussed in my post here is to use an external adapter. You
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Post Views: 6,651 Here is our second attempt at answering the question – we will call it Option 2. You can find the first article here. This question comes up all the time, and the answers can be quite varied. Seems simple enough at first glance, right? But the problem is that things are not
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Post Views: 4,644 Who is on my network? Great question. Better yet: Who is on my customer’s network? That would be looking at the issue from a service provider’s perspective. This article attempts to answer that question with tips and tricks and tools that will help you, whether you are the owner of a network or
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Post Views: 11,738 CellStream, Inc. – Telecom Consulting and Training! 2-Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery Minimum 10 students – Maximum 20 students Course Description: Knowing the fundamentals of Wi-Fi 6 and Security as these subjects pertain to Wi-Fi/Wireless LAN Operations is vital to anyone
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Post Views: 7,421 Check out these great references as well: Our Wireless custom profile for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Our other Wi-Fi related articles Ok all you Mac users, here is the way you capture Wi-Fi/WLAN frames using your Mac and Wireshark. First, Mac users get a really easy time of
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Post Views: 4,505 Check out these great references as well: Our Wireless custom profile for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Our other Wi-Fi related articles There are several other articles that we have written on various Windows 10 WLAN/Wi-Fi commands that you can execute to perform various important wireless information gathering and
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Post Views: 3,375 Windows 10 has several interesting WLAN/Wi-Fi commands you can run from the Windows 10 and later command or Powershell. One of them is the WLAN Report. The Windows WLAN Report is a detailed, automatically generated diagnostic report that provides a comprehensive history of Wi-Fi activity on a Windows system. It is produced
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Post Views: 6,855 If you have attended any of my presentations of WLAN/Wi-Fi Security or even my Security Courses,you know that the design of WLAN/Wi-Fi networks leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to security. This is also evidenced by the law suit against Amazon with hackers allegedly controlling Ring cameras. I have always
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Post Views: 4,510 Here is the download link: https://github.com/HelgeMagnusKeck/WinFi – look to the right, you will see Releases, and the latest release can be downloaded. Here is the Discord Server to join in discussions and request PRO Engineer version activation: https://discord.gg/4GTv5ED7 This tool is free – and there is a PRO Engineer version that costs
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