Looking for an Airpcap alternative? Up until the release of our wifi analyzer, capturing WiFi traffic on Windows was only available for those who could buy fairly expensive hardware, such as an Airpcap card. Therefore an Airpcap alternative was necessary.
There are several tools on the market, mostly free as Wireshark, that can capture WiFi on Windows only if hardware such as an Airpcap card is available.
At Acrylic Wi-Fi we have developed an alternative to AirPCAP, which is the next generation of sniffers to capture traffic in the latest 802.11ac standards.
Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer as Airpcap alternative
We have recently launched a new tool that represents a radical evolution in the capture of WiFi traffic, previously done with Airpcap cards in Windows. Using our WiFi Sniffer you can obtain all the information provided by AirPCAP cards including SNR values, and additionally, capture all traffic transmitted on 802.11ac networks in all channel widths (20/40/80/160Mhz).
The list of compatible airpcap alternative cards is as follows:
Channel width (MHz)
Bandwidth (GHz)
Device
20
40
80
160
2.4
5
SNR
Compatibility
ALFA Network AWUS1900
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
COMFAST CF-958AC
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
ASUS USB-AC68
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
D-Link DWA-192
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
Edimax EW-7833UAC
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
TP-LINK Archer T9UH (only V1 is supported)
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Recommended
ALFA AWUS036ACH
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
HP-Pavilion 802.11 n WLAN
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW153 802.11n Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW164 Wireless 150N Nano
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW303 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter 300 Mbps
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW313 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter 300 Mbps
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW323 Wireless 300N Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Sweex LW324 Wireless 300N Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Edimax 300Mbps Wireless 802.11b/g/n USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
AboCom 802.11n/b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Abocom 802.11n/b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter (MediaTek)
b/g/n
-
Good
AboCom 802.11n/b/g Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Accton 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Accton Arcadyan 802.11N Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Accton SMCWUSBS-N EZ Connect N Draft 11n Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Accton SMCWUSBS-N2 EZ Connect N Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Accton SMCWUSBS-N3 EZ Connect N Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Accton Speedport W 102 Stick IEEE 802.11n USB 2.0 Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Air Live 450Mbps Wireless-N Dual Band USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Airlink101 300N Wireless USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Airlink101 Wireless USB Adapter
b/g
-
Good
Airties 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card
b/g/n
-
Good
Airties Air2210 802.11b/g Wireless USB Adapter
b/g
-
Good
Airties WUS201v2 802.11b/g Wireless USB Adapter
b/g
-
Good
Allied CG-WLUSB300AGN
b/g/n
a/n
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -AWM52N-US
-
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -2870
-
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -3071
b/g/n
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -3072
b/g/n
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -3572
b/g/n
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -AWM51G_US
b/g
-
Good
ALLWIN Wireless LAN Card -AWU51N-W
b/g/n
-
Good
Alpha 802.11n adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Alpha networks Linktek IEEE802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Amigo Technology 802.11n Wireless USB Card
b/g/n
-
Good
AMIT WL532U 802.11g Adapter
b/g
-
Good
AnyGate 11n W-LAN Adapter (XM-200U)
b/g/n
-
Good
AnyGate 11N W-LAN Adapter (XM-242U)
b/g/n
-
Good
Arcadyan 802.11 USB Wireless LAN Card
b/g
-
Good
Arcadyan 802.11N Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
Askey Mediatek 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card
b/g/n
-
Good
Askey Ralink 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN USB Device
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