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Wireshark in windows 10 not showing "80211" header for Link Layer Header column

I am trying to capture Wi-Fi frames and check few parameters of 802.11. For that, I was trying to set the Link Layer Header of Capture Options in the wire shark. The drop down of the Interface WiFi is ...
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How to make Wireshark show http format instead of 802.11 or check if Wireshark is capturing it

First of all, this might look like a duplicate from this post, and it kind of is, but at the time writing my rep is not high enough to comment and I was walking in to some issues whilst applying that ...
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Capturing Link layer frames

I've been trying to capture link layer frames. I've tried using wireshark (also tcpdump and airmon-ng) both in monitor mode and managed mode (/promiscuous mode), yet have been unable to see them. Put ...
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How to decrypt 802.11 packets manually?

Without using Wireshark, how are 802.11 meant to be decrypted? I know the EAPOL and passphrase are required, but what are the steps required to perform the decryption? Another way to put it is, how ...
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How many bytes of a WLAN packet do I have to examine to extract MAC addresses?

How many bytes of a 802.11 (WLAN) packet do I have to examine to be able to extract source, destination, receiver and transmitter adress from the header? This image suggests the header length of a ...
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