AirPcap Nx

Includes WireShark

  • Capture full 802.11n
  • Packet injection
  • 2 x 2 MIMO
  • Open API

AirPcap Nx
& Cascade Pilot

Includes Cascade Pilot PE

  • Capture full 802.11n
  • Packet injection
  • 2 x 2 MIMO
  • Reporting
  • Triggers and Alerts

AirPcap Classic
& Cascade Pilot

Includes Cascade Pilot PE

  • Capture 802.11b/g
  • Reporting
  • Long-Term Metrics
  • Triggers and Alerts

AirPcap Classic

Includes WireShark

  • Capture 802.11b/g
  • Open API

Why use AirPcap?

  • Open, affordable and easy-to-deploy WLAN packet capture solution for Windows.
  • Captures full 802.11 data, management, and control frames
  • Full packet dissection in Wireshark.
  • Automatic 802.11 WEP and WPA decryption

“The packets never lie.”

Network Engineers use WireShark packet analysis to drill down problems in the wired networks. Unleash your WireShark filtering knowledge into the open airwaves of Wi-Fi with AirPcap. AirPcap is a USB adapter that turns WireShark into a powerful 802.11 WLAN packet analysis tool for Windows computers. Use the AirPcap adapter to establish a baseline for every WLAN implementation and troubleshoot communication issues above and beyond the wired network.

Once you’ve eliminated the chance of interference with Wi-Spy, grab your AirPcap. The AirPcap is the best USB packet analysis tool to drill-down any data layer issue.

Specs

Below we provide a feature matrix that gives a high-level overview of the feature sets of the adapters in the AirPcap Product Family.

AirPcap Classic AirPcap Nx
WireShark Integration
Data, Management and
Control Frame Capture
Open API
802.11 WEP & WPA Decryption
USB Form Factor
Multiple AirPcap Adapters
802.11b/g
802.11a/n  
40 MHz Capture  
A-MSDU and A-MPDU  
Capture and injection  
2 x 2 MIMO  

AirPcap Nx

AirPcap Nx continues the tradition of the AirPcap Family by providing a USB-based and easy-to-deploy packet capture and injection solution for the Windows platform.

This unique dual-band offering supports packet capture and injection for 802.11n, 802.11a/b/g legacy modes, and the 4.9 GHz US Public safety channels, all with full Wireshark® integration.

It also features 2 x 2 MIMO with two internal antennas. In addition to the internal antennas, AirPcap Nx has two integrated MC-Card connectors for optional external antennas to enhance performance in the most demanding environments.

AirPcap Classic

AirPcap Classic gives you the power to capture and analyze low-level 802.11b/g wireless traffic, including control, management, and data frames on your Windows workstation or laptop. Per packet information is also available, such as power, hardware timestamps (in microseconds), and receive rate.

 

Reviews

AirPcap is the first open, affordable, and easy-to-deploy WLAN (802.11b/g) packet capture solution for the Windows platform.

- Wi-Fi Planet

AirPcap is fully integrated into Wireshark and is simple to use. Just start Wireshark, select the AirPcap adapter there, select your channel, and packets are grabbed and saved per your direction – easy.

- Craig Mathias Network World

Charts and graphs can also be captured for reports to management or auditors (we all know how managers and auditors like colorful pictures). The software (Cascade Pilot PE) also allows you to drill-down on many of the charts and graphs, giving an additional order of magnitude to your analysis.

- Doug Haider CWNP

These (AirPcap models) come in all sorts of ‘flavors’ from the simple 802.11 b/g ‘classic’ to a new 802.11n with external antennas. It is the ONLY way to do full ‘promiscuous mode’ capture of wireless frames on a Windows platform…When you put three of them together, you have the ability to capture through a ‘virtual’ driver that allows you to see ‘all’ packets on channels 1, 6, and 11 simultaneously. The best way to help troubleshoot a roaming client. The drivers come with it, and work directly in Wireshark.

- Keith Parsons WLAN Professionals

 

Software

Cascade Pilot PE

Views are the core analysis and visualization paradigm in WiFi Pilot. WiFi Pilot includes over 35 Views, providing a broad range of MAC-level protocol analysis support for wireless networks. An almost limitless variety of Views can be created when used in conjunction with Wireshark’s capture and display filters. See a complete list of WiFi Pilot Views.

WiFi Pilot includes a complete collection of interactive Charts including bar, pie, and strip charts, conversation rings, scatter diagrams and grids. Intuitive point-and-click process for selecting elements within a Chart, such as bars within a bar chart or time intervals within a strip chart giving rise to a powerful visual filtering mechanism.

  • Drill-down: Drag and Drop Simplicity
  • Reporting: Fast and Professional
  • Time Control: Long-Term Metrics for Retrospective Analysis
  • Watches: Advanced Trigger and Alerting Mechanism

WireShark

Wireshark® is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.

WireShark Cascade Pilot PE
Capture 802.11 packets
Packet Filtering
Custom Wi-Fi Graphs
for Reporting		  
Long Term Metrics  
Triggers and Alerts  
Over 35 Analysis Views  

Requirements for WireShark

  • Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • OSX 10.5 and 10.6

Requirements for Cascade Pilot PE

  • Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • AirPcap adapter

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