Wireless traffic analysis: what is recommended?

answered 2020-12-02 18:08:58 +0000

Macbooks or Linux systems are typically the way to go. 802.11 capture on Windows is difficult.

Even if you can get Airpcap hardware, the performance is very limited for current capabilities in the market
There are commercial solutions - Omnipeek, Metageek, and others that can do some 802.11 capture on Windows
This is a professional tool for analysis and capture
Microsoft has some tools, but most (all ?) are end of life: Network Monitor and Message Analyzer.
Hardware based systems exist, too. Most enterprise grade wifi can do packet capture, and for low cost hardware, you could try Mikrotik products as they have some capabilities for OTA capture (over the air). There are other vendors with hardware systems - I bet Fluke has something.
npcap claims support for 802.11 capture on Windows but frankly it really doesn't work
Embedded Linux tool that can be used for capture - send data to Wireshark on Windows via SSH

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Great summary @Bob_Jones!

I guess the question is what are you trying to accomplish with your WiFi capture? There are many tools and software out there that perform different things.

For example, some tools are better at creating a "heat" map to show WiFi signal strength throughout a space. Others are more tuned to WiFi performance and throughput. And there are still others focused on capturing packets for protocol analysis.

Once you know what type of WiFi capture you need, the tool becomes easier to define.

Amato_C ( 2020-12-02 20:25:10 +0000 )edit

Thank you Amato_C and @Bob_Jones for your insight and guidance. In terms of forensic analysis for a wireless network or WiFi network what tool is recommended for GPS location of where the radiofrequency breach is originating from? In reaching out to the company that provides the recommendation @Bob_Jones refers to as a professional tool I am not receiving a response in regards of the forensic analysis capabilities. Amato_C, are you aware of tool that has the aforementioned capabilities that are sought?

secureHIT ( 2020-12-05 19:25:21 +0000 )edit

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