Starting an 802.11 Adventure

I started building my skills in wireless networking. Target would be to review the basic theory first.

I decided to use the CWT exam syllabus as a blueprint. It looks to have interesting material. I started reading a digital copy of the latest CWT study guide by Sybex. Let’s see if I can get the CWT cert before the end of the year.

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