Despite they’re WHQL-certified by Microsoft, many of these NDIS implementations are broken or at least not fully compliant when using monitor mode. The problem relies on the NDIS interface implementation of some manufacturers. Regarding b) and c) unfortunately this is not a Wireshark nor Acrylic related issue. Wireshark timestamps are currently not implemented in our wrapper library, but it’s planned on our TODO. You can check for compatible hardware at. Just install Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer and in the control panel of the sniffer click on the button “Install integration” as shown in the image below This integration is much easier than the previous one. Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer and WiFi interfaces in Wireshark If you want to know more about capture modes or discover the features that these two alternatives provide within Acrylic Wi-Fi products, please visit “Monitor mode and native capture mode in Acrylic Wi-Fi” article. Because it has been designed as an economical and easily configurable alternative to AirPCAP hardware, it can capture all data available with this type of card, including SNR values, and is compatible with the latest 802.11ac standard in all channel widths (20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz).

Acrylic Wi-Fi SnifferĪcrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer also enables Wi-Fi packet capture in monitor mode with Wireshark on Windows (in the latest versions Wireshark 3.0.0 or higher) and with other Acrylic Wi-Fi products such as Heatmaps or Professional.

However these cards have been discontinued and are deprecated, so they cannot capture traffic on networks running the latest WiFi standards (802.11ac).Īcrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer is an innovative alternative for capturing Wi-Fi traffic in monitor mode from Windows, including the latest 802.11ac standard. In other words, it allows capturing WiFi network traffic in promiscuous mode on a WiFi network. However, Wireshark includes Airpcap support, a special -and costly- set of WiFi hardware that supports WiFi traffic monitoring in monitor mode.

Winpcap Capture Limitations and WiFi traffic on WiresharkĬapture is mostly limited by Winpcap and not by Wireshark. Monitor mode for Windows using Wireshark is not supported by default. Winpcap libraries are not intended to work with WiFi network cards, therefore they do not support WiFi network traffic capturing using Wireshark on Windows. Wireshark uses libpcap or Winpcap libraries to capture network traffic on Windows.

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