Cace Technologies AirPcap N User Manual
Network protocol analysis solution
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Portable 802.11 n
Protocol Analyzer
C A C E T E C h n o l o g i E s
802.11n
Network Protocol
Analysis Solution
Creative
Advanced
Communication
Engineering
AirPcap N enables you to:
• Capture 802.11n traffi c on 20 and 40 MHz channels with
the specialized capture adapter
• View detailed decoding of control, management, and data
frames in Wireshark™, including A-MSDUs, A-MPDUs,
and HT frames
• Write or extend your own 802.11n lab tools using the
AirPcap N and WinPcap APIs
Advantages:
• Laptop-based solution
• Access to 802.11n control, management, and data frames
• Support for 20/40 MHz channels
• Support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels
• Comprehensive 802.11n protocol dissectors
• Provides per-packet radio information, e.g.,
- Timestamps
- Receive rate
- Signal noise
- Receive power
• Integration with the Wireshark open-source network
protocol analyzer
- Interprets hundreds of network protocols
- Easy 802.11n trace fi le sharing
- Most widely used protocol analyzer
• Wireshark control interface for setting adapter parameters
during capture
• Easy installation
The CACE Technologies’ 802.11n Network
Protocol Analyzer solution includes:
• CardBus 32 bit dual band adapter
• Windows driver (Windows XP/2000/2003 and Vista 32-bit)
• Integration into our industry-leading AirPcap API. Provides
application developers the opportunity to integrate
AirPcap N functionality into their own 802.11n applications
• Seamless integration into 80211n-enhanced Wireshark
• Update and support contracts available
CACE Technologies’ AirPcap N™ is the fi rst
solution to capture, decode, and visualize 802.11n
protocol traffi c from any laptop or desktop PC.
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