Which protocol analyzer is commonly used for troubleshooting wireless networks?

Aircrack-ng is a wireless security auditing suite focused on capturing handshakes and cracking WEP/WPA keys, not general protocol analysis.

Wireshark is a protocol analyzer that captures raw packets on both wired and wireless interfaces, allowing technicians to inspect 802.11 frames, decrypt traffic, and diagnose wireless issues such as authentication failures or retransmissions. It is widely recognized in CompTIA and vendor certifications as the go-to tool for deep packet inspection on wireless networks.

NetFlow is a Cisco protocol for collecting aggregated IP traffic statistics from routers and switches, not a real-time packet analyzer.

SolarWinds is a network monitoring and management platform, not a packet-level protocol analyzer.