Note: Acrylic products work with all WiFi adapters.
Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer makes use of current and accessible hardware for capturing in monitor mode (promiscuous mode) in Windows. Remember that you can capture in native mode with any WiFi card. Learn the differences between monitor mode vs. native mode.
WiFi hardware that supports monitor mode in Windows is common and inexpensive. These are conventional WiFi cards that have been tested to work properly in Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer to capture WiFi traffic in monitor mode.
Acrylic Wi-Fi Sniffer integration capabilities are outstanding, allowing these cards to take full advantage of their potential: capture in all 2.4 and 5GHz (a/b/g/n/ac) standards, in all channel widths (20/40/80/160 MHz) including Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) measures, and total integration with other tools such as Wireshark to capture WiFi traffic in monitor mode.
Monitor mode compatible Wi-Fi Devices
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
ZyXEL MediaTek Dual-Band Wireless N450 USB Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
ZyXEL N220 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
ZyXEL NWD-270N Wireless N-lite USB Adapter
b/g/n
-
Good
ZyXEL NWD2105 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
ZyXEL NWD211AN 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Broadcom BCM43236
b/g/n
a/n
Very Good
Linksys AE2500 N600
b/g/n
a/n
Very Good
Asus USB-AC53 (Nano version NOT supported)
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
NetGear A6200
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
Belkin F9L1106az v1
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
D-Link DWA-182 Revision A1 a/g/n/ac
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
BT 11ac Dual Band Wi-Fi Dongle 900
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
Buffalo AC866 N300 Dual Band Wi-Fi Dongle WI-U2-866D
b/g/n
a/n/ac
Very Good
D-Link Wireless DWA-110 b/g
b/g/n
-
Very Good
Qualcom Atheros AR5BMD222 b/g/n
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Qualcom Atheros AR9002WB-1NG
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Broadcom BCM94352HMB 802.11ac 2x2 WI-FI Adapter
b/g/n
a/n
Good
D-Link DWA-182 Revision A1 a/g/n/ac
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 B/G/n
b/g/n
a/n
Good
TP-LINK TL-WN722N v1 (v2 NOT supported)
b/g/n
a/n
Good
AR5008X ABGN
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Ralink RT2870/3070 / Alpha
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Qualcom Atheros AR9485WB-EG b/g/n
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
NetGear WiFi A6210
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Qualcom Atheros AR5B97802.11a/b/g/n
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Qualcom Atheros AR5B95
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Dell wireless 1702 b/g/n
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Cisco Linksys AE3000
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
UBIQUITI SR71 USB
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Proxim 8494-WD 802.11a/b/g/n
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
RTL8187 chipset (bg)
b/g/n
a/n
Limited
Airpcap Classic
b/g/n
-
Good
Airpcap Tx
b/g/n
-
Good
Airpcap Nx
b/g/n
a/n
Good
Legend
Recommended
It perfectly works in monitor mode. It has the best capabilities to capture. This card is recommended.
Very Good
It perfectly works in monitor mode. Does not support the latest WiFi standards
Good
It can be set to monitor mode but RSSI values may not display correctly or return malformed packets.
Limited
Can be put in monitor mode, incorrect RSSI, can stop capturing after a while or return malformed packets.
Minimum requirements
Operative system: Microsoft® Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista
System components: Microsoft® .NET FRAMEWORK: 4.5
Memory: 1GB
Wi-Fi: Any WiFi adapter (Internal or USB)* * To carry out high performance captures please check out the list of adapters compatible with monitor mode
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