A protocol analyzer captures and decodes 802.11 frames so you can see exactly what devices are saying to each other: probes, authentication, association, 4-way handshakes, data, retries and disconnects. It is the tool that explains why a client behaves as it does, rather than just showing that something is wrong.
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