802.11 series · Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi EasyMesh
What the standard says. What the frames show.
I am Samson Okulaja, P.Eng, CWNE #309 and CEH. Each week I take one piece of IEEE 802.11, or of the Wi-Fi EasyMesh specification, capture it on my own lab equipment, and read every field against the clause. I share what I measured, what I inferred, and what I could not check.
Real captures
Retail access points and my own clients, captured on three bands at once. Every file you can download is sanitized, and every address is rewritten.
Clause by clause
Every claim names the section of the standard it comes from. I paraphrase the text, and I tell you which edition I read.
Measured, inferred or open
Each finding carries one of three marks, so you can see how far to trust it. I always list what I did not check.
Start here
A new episode every week. This is where the series begins.
Reading the standard and capturing frames I can trust
How I read the standard, and how I know a capture is worth reading.
IEEE 802.11-2024
How an episode is built
1. Capture
I set up the access point, read its settings back, and sniff all three bands at once. I count beacons before I trust the file.
2. Read the clause
I read the section in IEEE Std 802.11be-2024 or the Wi-Fi EasyMesh specification, and write down what it requires.
3. Check the frame
I decode each field and compare it with the clause, not only with what Wireshark shows. Where the two differ, I say so.
4. Share the evidence
An article, a video walkthrough with filter sheet.
If I read a field wrong, tell me
Questions, technical debate and topic requests are always welcome. If there is a frame you want opened up, send it over and I will put it on the list.
The views expressed here are strictly my own. All packet captures are gathered on my own equipment and fully anonymised.
