Cace Technologies AirPcap N Specification

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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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