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How to to change the channel/channel-width when using NPCAP monitor mode with Wireshark 3.0?

asked 2019-03-04 10:09:34 +0000

mruetz gravatar image

Dear All, Monitor Mode on Win 10 with Wireshark 3.0 seems to work, but how can the channel/channel-width be configured. There's no WlanHelper.exe anymore? And there's no Wireless Toolbar anymore? Many thx. in advance ...

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answered 2019-03-05 13:24:49 +0000

cmaynard gravatar image

If you installed npcap, then WlanHelper.exe should be available in C:\Windows\System32\Npcap.

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Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately there's no WlanHelper.exe anymore, and it's is also mentioned in the doc that there should be a way to configure the monitor mode settings within wireshark 3.0 now ...

mruetz gravatar imagemruetz ( 2019-03-05 14:01:56 +0000 )edit

On my system, WlanHelper.exe is installed in the directory I listed:

C:\Windows\System32\Npcap>WlanHelper.exe -h
WlanHelper for Npcap 0.99-r9 ( http://npcap.org )
Usage: WlanHelper [Commands]
   or: WlanHelper {Interface Name or GUID} [Options]
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cmaynard gravatar imagecmaynard ( 2019-03-05 15:09:27 +0000 )edit

Good morning, I tried again to remove and reinstall WS3.0 and NPACP twice , and (surprisingly) the Wlanhelper.exe is back! :) Thank you for your answers. Best wishes ...

P.S.: I'm still confused, as the doc mentions a way, to configure monitor mode through the Wireshark-GUI directly, w/o the usage of the Wlanhelper ...

mruetz gravatar imagemruetz ( 2019-03-07 05:40:13 +0000 )edit

I think the documentation is wrong. It has been my experience that you need to use WlanHelper.exe first before Wireshark will allow you to select monitor mode for the interface.

cmaynard gravatar imagecmaynard ( 2019-03-07 14:23:48 +0000 )edit

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