Wireless Analysis Tools

Analyse and monitor your wireless environment at work or at home. Use Wi-spy to analyse the airwaves and AirPcap to analyse the data packets flowing over your wireless network.

Wi-Spy

Wi-Spy plugs into your USB port.
Chanalyzer 2.0 showing a cordless phone interrupting a Wi-Fi network on channel 1.

Installing a wi-fi network? We've got you covered. Called-in after the fact? We've got the tools you need to be the hero.

Wi-Spy™ is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyser. Wi-Spy is perfect for troubleshooting interference from the following devices:

For the first time ever, enterprise-quality tools are available that smaller firms and independent consultants can afford. How do we do it? How can MetaGeek sell spectrum analysers that make the grade but don't break the budget? Simple, really: they use the computer you already own to power MetaGeek's Wi-Spy spectrum analyser and they encourage third-party innovation by keeping our platform open — all while leading the pack with their amazing (and free!) Chanalyzer software.

What's this all mean? It means that whether you're the lone-wolf IT guy or a professional home theater installer, you can offer a deeper level of service to your clients and your employer.

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AirPcap

The USB 2.0 Wireless Capture Adapter for Windows that enables Wireless Capture with Wireshark.

Building or securing wireless networks can be a challenge when your tools don't understand radio waves. AirPcap enables troubleshooting tools like Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) and WinDump to provide information about the wireless protocols and radio signals. AirPcap's dedicated receiver can provide crucial information that other solutions can't.

AirPcap is the first open, affordable and easy to deploy WLAN (802.11b/g) packet capture solution for the Windows platform. AirPcap comes as a USB 2.0 adapter, and has been fully integrated with WinPcap and Wireshark: enabling you to capture and analyse 802.11b/g wireless traffic, including control frames, management frames and power information, using Wireshark on your Windows laptop or desktop PC.

Works with Wireshark AirPcap is a small, portable USB device

AirPcap supports the following operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP 32 and 64 bit, Windows Server 2003 32 and 64 bit.

 

AirPcap

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