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If you’re a network engineer, ask yourself: how confident are you in Wi-Fi packet capturing for client troubleshooting?

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wished you knew how to capture packets effectively — and more importantly, interpret what’s happening over the wireless (or even over the wire in some cases)?

This is a critical skill every network engineer should have, yet I’ve noticed that many aren’t fully confident when it comes to this task.

In this post, I’m going to list multiple methods you can use to capture Wi-Fi packets. While I’ve covered some of these techniques in previous posts, they’ve been scattered — so this is your one-stop guide. Bookmark it, share it, and help someone else pick up this essential skill.

Reference Blog PostYouTube Video
Mastering Wi-Fi PCAP – IntroYou are reading that blog 🙂10 min Video
How to use my Wireshark ProfileGet Rockstar Wi-Fi Profile Video – 28 min
L1: How to capture Wi-Fi packets on Mac?Wi-Fi PCAP in mac OS -AirTool7 min Video
L2: Multi-channel Wi-Fi PCAP with mac OSMulti-Channel PCAP – AirTool + WLANPi9 min Video
L3: Wi-Fi PCAP with Windows OS (CommView)Wi-Fi PCAP with Windows OS (CommView)10 min Video
L4: Wi-Fi PCAP with Windows + WLANPiWindows Wi-Fi PCAP with WLANPi5 min Video
L5: Wi-Fi PCAP with LinuxWi-Fi PCAP with Linux14 min Video
L6: Wi-Fi PCAP with Ekahau SK2Wi-Fi PCAP with Ekahau 10 min Video
L7: Wi-Fi PCAP with Sinffer AP1. Sniffer mode PCAP (AireOS)
2. Sniffer mode PCAP (9800)		24 min Video
L8: Wi-Fi PCAP with Meraki Wi-Fi PCAP with Meraki17 min Video
L9: Wi-Fi PCAP with Juniper MistWi-Fi PCAP with Mist[Video – x min]
L10: Wi-Fi PCAP with Ubiquiti Wi-Fi PCAP with UniFi10 min Video
L11: Wi-Fi PCAP with Cisco Catalyst Centre[Video – x min]
L12: Wi-Fi PCAP with Cisco 9800 WLC1. Wi-Fi 7 PCAP on Cisco 9800
2. Cisco 9800 Packet Captures		42 min Video
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Here’s a summary of the methods I plan to cover. Please note that I don’t have access to all the tools needed to demonstrate each vendor’s products and their capabilities. If I’ve missed any common methods, feel free to leave a comment and share a reference link so others can learn from it as well.

I hope this blog post, along with the series of short videos, helps you enhance your Wi-Fi troubleshooting skills.