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Wireless Analysis Professional Training

This Wireless Analysis Professional training covers how to analyze and troubleshoot wireless networks with a focus on advanced techniques and knowledge like protocol and spectrum analysis. For IT managers, this networking training can be used to onboard new network admins, curated into individual or team training plans, or as a networking reference resource.

Updated February 2023

52Skills
306Videos
45hTotal

Who This Course Is For

This wireless training is considered associate-level networking training, which means it was designed for network admins. This WLAN skills course is designed for network admins with three to five years of experience with wireless networking.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • 802.11 devices, protocols, and technologies
  • Layer frame formats for wireless protocols
  • MAC layer frame formats and technologies
  • Spectrum and protocol analysis techniques and troubleshooting

Course Curriculum

One skill is free to watch — no signup needed. The other 51 premium skills unlock for your whole team with a CBT Nuggets plan.

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Describe 802.11 HE Information Elements

Jeff KishDuration: 48m12 videos

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  • Premium skill.Describe the 802.11 Communication Process52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Communication Techniques56m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe OFDM and OFDMA50m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Modulation and Data Encoding50m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Modulation Techniques47m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain Fourier Transforms in 802.11 Communications51m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Medium Access Principles48m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe the Functions of the 802.11 PHY Layer54m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe the 802.11 PHY Layer Headers and Fields57m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 MIMO Technologies50m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11ax PHY Layer Enhancements55m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe the 802.11ax HE Single-User Preamble Format52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe the 802.11ax HE Multi-User Preamble Format49m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11ax HE PHY Operation54m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Apply 802.11 PHY Transmission Methods57m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Calculate 802.11 PHY Data Rates and Throughput1h 1m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11 PHY Information from Pseudo-Headers52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 PHY and MAC Frame Construction52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 MAC Header Structure47m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 Header MAC Addresses55m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 MAC Frame Aggregation58m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 MAC Operations57m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11 Management Frames53m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 Beacons and Probes55m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 Control Frames and Acknowledgements52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11 Control Frame Subtypes52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify Data and Extension Frames52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11 Frame Types in Packet Captures60m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Validate 802.11 BSS Configurations47m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Information Fields and Elements47m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Identify 802.11 Data Rate and WMM Information Elements52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 PHY Information Elements53m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 VHT and Other Information Elements54m · 14 videos
  • Describe 802.11 HE Information ElementsFree48m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 Contention Mechanisms52m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Describe 802.11 QoS Mechanisms51m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain Transmit Beamforming Steering and Feedback48m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Explain 802.11 Power Savings Methods49m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze 802.11 Frame Exchanges51m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze 802.11 Security Protocols and Frameworks1h 1m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze WPA and OWE Key Exchanges50m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze Roaming Frame Exchanges and Behavior47m · 16 videos
  • Premium skill.Capture 802.11 Frames for Analysis51m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Apply 802.11 Frame Capture Parameters49m · 10 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze 802.11 Frame Captures51m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Utilize 802.11 Analysis Tools55m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Use Wireless Analysis for Troubleshooting54m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Capture RF Spectrum Data55m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Analyze RF Spectrum Data54m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Review 347m · 12 videos
  • Premium skill.Review 449m · 14 videos
  • Premium skill.Review 1-2 and 5-654m · 12 videos
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For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Wireless incidents are difficult to resolve when the team can see client symptoms but not the 802.11 behavior underneath them. This Wireless Analysis Professional training gives Network Admins and wireless-focused IT Practitioners a shared method for analyzing WLAN communication, PHY/MAC behavior, frames, data rates, QoS, power saving, 802.11ax enhancements, and security frameworks.

This is a strong fit for teams with admins who already have roughly three to five years of wireless experience and need deeper troubleshooting skills. It is not a quick awareness course: the listed modules alone exceed 35 hours, with additional skills included, so IT Directors should plan a multi-week rollout or assign targeted sections by role. For change management, Team Leads can use the course to standardize analysis vocabulary across escalation, operations, and vendor-support workflows.

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Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to move wireless troubleshooting beyond guesswork and toward evidence-based analysis of 802.11 behavior.

  • Faster escalation and triage: Network Admins learn to identify management, control, data, and extension frames in packet captures, helping teams isolate where communication is breaking down.
  • Better WLAN validation: Teams can validate BSS configurations and interpret information elements, including data rate, WMM, PHY, VHT, and HE details.
  • Improved performance analysis: Practitioners learn how OFDM/OFDMA, modulation, MIMO, beamforming, contention, QoS, aggregation, and power-saving methods affect throughput and client experience.
  • Reduced security blind spots: Teams analyze 802.11 security protocols and frameworks so wireless issues can be evaluated with both connectivity and risk in mind.

After completion

Capabilities your team walks away with

Knowledge

  • 802.11 communication processes, communication techniques, and medium access principles
  • PHY layer functions, headers, fields, pseudo-header information, and 802.11ax HE enhancements
  • OFDM, OFDMA, modulation, data encoding, and Fourier transform concepts used in WLAN communication
  • MAC frame construction, MAC header structure, MAC addresses, and frame aggregation
  • Management, control, data, and extension frame types, including beacons, probes, and acknowledgements
  • WLAN performance and risk concepts, including QoS, contention, power saving, beamforming, and security frameworks

Ability

  • Identify 802.11 frame types in packet captures
  • Validate BSS configurations and interpret wireless information elements
  • Calculate PHY data rates and evaluate throughput expectations
  • Analyze frame exchanges to support structured troubleshooting
  • Apply PHY transmission concepts to real WLAN analysis scenarios
  • Explain how 802.11ax features and preamble formats affect wireless operation

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

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  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes
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Frequently Asked Questions

Who should take Wireless Analysis Professional training?

If you've had a hand in wireless network administration and management for a few years but you're not sure how to move your career forward, this wireless training is a great place to start. Learn advanced techniques in troubleshooting wireless networks while you learn everything there is to know about advanced wireless technologies and devices. Develop your expertise in wireless network configuration, optimization and management.

What will I learn by taking the Wireless Analysis Professional training?

This course covers advanced physical layer formats, MAC layer frame formats, wireless operations, as well as spectrum and protocol analysis and troubleshooting. If you're an experienced network admin, or have to accelerate your wireless knowledge in a hurry, this course will help you learn everything you need to analyze and troubleshoot wireless networks with confidence.

What jobs can I get by taking this Wireless Analysis Professional training?

This wireless networking training equips learners with advanced skills for analyzing, troubleshooting, and optimizing enterprise wireless networks. These networking skills are highly relevant for roles like network engineers, wireless security specialists, technical support engineers, and network consultants—any position requiring expertise in Wi-Fi protocols, packet analysis, and resolving complex wireless issues.

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