I wrote a couple articles for the Airheads Community on learning the 802.11 standard and on how to track what’s going on with the 802.11 committee. I’ve included a snippet of each with links to the full articles in case you’d like to read more.

The 802.11 Standard and You

The 802.11 standard can be something of a mystery, especially when you are new to wireless networking. Have you ever wondered why wireless LANs work the way they do? WLAN configurations are full of cryptic options. Do you know what they do? Ever tried to make heads or tails of a packet capture and not understood what all the pieces are or if they are working the way they are supposed to? You can search for the answers with Google, but you might consider looking to the standard for the answers. If you really want to understand wireless, you need to gain some familiarity with the standard. Read the full article…

Learning the 802.11 Standard

The 802.11 standard can be something of a mystery, especially when you are new to wireless networking. Have you ever wondered why wireless LANs work the way they do? WLAN configurations are full of cryptic options. Do you know what they do? Ever tried to make heads or tails of a packet capture and not understood what all the pieces are or if they are working the way they are supposed to? You can search for the answers with Google, but you might consider looking to the standard for the answers. If you really want to understand wireless, you need to gain some familiarity with the standard. Read the full article…

Thanks for reading them! Feel free to give me kudos in the community if you like them, as well. :)

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