This course focuses on the tools, techniques and procedures to monitor 802.11ac/n networks. We will be learning about both USB and Access Point hardware, pros and cons, and scalable architectures. We will be looking at different hardware for monitoring ranging in price from $40 to $350 and above, both USB and Access Point solutions.
A non-exhaustive list of topics to be covered include:
- 802.11ac Wave 1, 2 and beyond
- Monitoring Challenges
- SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO
- Spatial Streams
- Channel Bonding and Width
- Very High Throughput
- Monitor-Inject Hardware Support
- USB and PCIe cards
- AP Platforms
- Software Support
- 802.11ac channel hopping challenges
- Libraries, API and tools
- Windows: 802.11ac monitoring
- OS X: 802.11ac monitoring
- Linux: 802.11ac monitoring
- Access Points and OpenWRT
- Make your own OpenWRT 802.11ac/n monitoring platform
- Course Conclusion
