monograph · IEEE 802.11 · ed. 2026
Networks aren't memorised. They're read.
Interactive Wi-Fi & 802.11 diagrams to study and troubleshoot for real. cyanplot draws the invisible with real numbers, labs where you move things and physics responds, and three reading depths.
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the atlas · four chapters
A study plan, drawn
26 plates across four chapters, in the order understanding is built: the physics, how you're authenticated, how you connect, and the generations.
Wi-Fi
Security & Authentication
- 01Open network · the baselineSEQ
- 02Captive portal (CWA) · Wi-Fi 5SEQ
- 03Captive portal (CWA) · Wi-Fi 6ESEQ
- 04OWE · Enhanced OpenSEQ
- 05WPA2-Personal · 4-Way HandshakeSEQ
- 06WPA3-SAE · Dragonfly handshakeSEQ
- 07WPA2-Enterprise · 802.1X / EAP / RADIUSSEQ
- 08WPA3-Enterprise 192-bit · CNSA suiteSEQ
- 09PMF / 802.11w · the deauth attack and its cureSEQ
- 10Evil twin and rogue AP · the network that liesSEQ
Getting online
Wi-Fi Generations
The cable and the switch
The link
The switch thinks
not a video: move it yourself
Physics responds
Drag the distance and change the wall. RSSI, margin and quality recompute live with the dual-slope model — and the same plate reads differently depending on who's looking.
7 dB to spare over the floor. Move away or add a wall and watch it start to cost.
roadmap
On the board
cyanplot grows in layers: Wi-Fi first, then the stack.