Packet Body Length Len

Octets of packet body following this field.

Reading a capture

Big-endian, unlike every length field in the 802.11 lanes above. The boundary this bundle sits on is not decoration — read this field little-endian and a 117-octet body becomes 31232.

Where it sits

Packet Body Length

Authored in EAPOL header . Drawn in 4 frames.

• Four-way handshake message 1
• Four-way handshake message 2
• Four-way handshake message 3
• Four-way handshake message 4

Accuracy

Clause

IEEE 802.1X-2020 §11.3.3

Byte order

big-endian — network byte order

Verified

Not verified against the standard. Treat this as a claim, not a fact.