In one of my conversations with another wireless engineer, I was made aware of a feature in Wireshark that can be used to visually display a packet and the individual fields within it. I recall hearing about this feature a little while ago but thought it was only available in the beta versions of Wireshark. It looks like this has now been rolled into the stable release of Wireshark. After struggling for a little bit to find an exact name or how to turn it on, I figured I should write a blog post about it in case anyone else […]

As a follow-up to one of the previous articles that I had created. I wanted to have a backup of this data, and also be able to access it from more than just my computer. My solution to this problem is to put this data in Google Sheets since this allows me to achieve both of my goals. Also, I know that not everyone uses Excel so why not. While it is not as easy in Excel. It’s still different enough that I decided to put together another blog post documenting the steps. Starting highlight the row, column, or data […]

In my current job role, I sometimes need to use Point to Point (PtP) Wireless links to reach some other areas that were previously unreachable. The links are mostly basic and I haven’t yet done anything too crazy relating to this subject such as detachable antennas, really long distances, or licensed frequencies, but maybe one day I will get these experiences. This is not usually my first choice but this is what I turn to when I need a reasonably inexpensive solution for connectivity. From a different conversation, Keith Parsons shared with us a great piece of information relating to […]