How to set WiFi 5G Monitor Mode Channel on Windows 11
I have a simple project to capture management packets (beacon, association, authentication, etc.) on a WiFi system that has both 2.4G and 5G channels. Wireshark Version 4.4.1 (v4.4.1-0-g575b2bf4746e) is installed on Windows 11 with npcap 1.80. Have two Panda PAU0D WiFi adapters that support monitor mode. Using WlanHelper.exe, I can set one adapter to monitor mode and a specific 2.4G channel and Wireshark will collect management frames.
Wlanhelper.exe claims to set the other adapter to a 5G channel ("success"), but when I query it reports the channel is actually 11 and Wireshark captures nothing.
Surely there is some method to set a WiFi adapter to a specific 5G channel and capture management frames with Wireshark.
npcap open issue - 98: how to set WI-FI 5GHz channel with wlanhelper.exe?