We welcome Thomas Baudelet from France. Together, we talk about network and Wi-Fi troubleshooting in general and we go over the Mac OS application called Debookee that Thomas created which could be use to troubleshoot a Wi-Fi network.

Thomas Baudelet works as an independent Network Engineer and specializes in troubleshooting. He has been involved in the Wireshark community and he created a network analyzer application for MacOS called Debookee. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @debookee.

Content

* Presentation of the Debookee tool, Thomas gave us a little bit of history on how he decided to create the tool

* Presentation of the different modules (including the Wi-Fi Monitoring module)

* Presentation of what is coming next (New SSL decrypt module)

* Thomas explains how he studied Wi-Fi in order to be able to create a tool that would be used by WLAN professionals

* Troubleshoot methodologies

* What tools does Thomas uses on the field

Screenshots of Debokee

 

Resources

Here are some useful links related to this week episode:

* Debookee website: https://debookee.com/

* Debookee Tools: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/debookee-tools/id1110355801

* Download and test Debookee: https://www.iwaxx.com/debookee/debookee.zip

* Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/debookee

* Thomas’ really cool Business Card: https://twitter.com/tomlabaude/status/838747925052260354

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This Week in Wireless

* WikiLeaks says it has obtained trove of CIA hacking tools

* WikiLeaks has gained access to CIA hacking arsenal.

* The document shows that the CIA turn devices into collection devices (iPhones, iPad, Smart TV…).

* Additional unlicensed spectrum needed to deliver future Wi-Fi® connectivity

* The “Wi-Fi Alliance® commissioned the Wi-Fi Spectrum Needs Study to assess whether available spectrum resources will be sufficient to support Wi-Fi connectivity in the future. The study indicates that by 2020, Wi-Fi networks around the world will need access to significantly more mid-band spectrum than is currently available in the 5 GHz range to satisfy expected growth in Wi-Fi data traffic.”

* Download the study: http://www.wi-fi.org/file/wi-fi-spectrum-needs-study

* New CWNEs!!

* Tom Van Driessche from Belgium is now CWNE #219

* Aren Gates, who I believe works for Aerohive, is now CWNE #220

* CWTS Discontinued (Certified Wireless Technology Specialist)

* It has been announced by the CWNP this week, the CWTS will retire at the end of the year.

* This certification is a lifetime certification and you can still write the exam if you would like before the end of the year.