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Copyrights Copyright © 2006 CACE Technologies, LLC All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be: copied; photocopied; reproduced; translated; reduced; or transferred to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent in writing from CACE Technologies, LLC. AirPcap USB 2.0 Wireless Capture Adapter Installation Guide Document Version: Document Revision: 2.0 January 8, 2006 CACE Technologies, LLC Davis, CA 95616 (530) 758-2790 (530) 758-2781 (fax) support@cacetech.
Contents and Figures Contents Introduction .........................................................4 Requirements .......................................................4 What is in the Box.................................................4 What is on the CD .................................................4 Driver Installation (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista)....5 Wireshark Network Analyzer Installation ..................7 Additional Tools Installation....................................
Introduction Welcome to CACE Technologies’ AirPcap wireless capture system. This Package includes the AirPcap USB Wireless adapter, a CD containing the software necessary to use it, and this Manual. The software on the CD includes: a Windows driver, a version of WinPcap with wireless support, and a control panel for changing the adapter’s settings. Requirements The minimum requirements to install and run the AirPcap Software are: Pentium 3 processor 256 Mbyte RAM USB 2.
Driver Installation (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista) Important: Do NOT insert your USB adapter before installing the software. Please follow the steps below and this guide will inform you when it is appropriate to insert the adapter. To install the software, follow these steps: 1. Power on your PC. 2. If you have a previous version of the AirPcap Software Distribution already installed in your system, uninstall it by clicking on: Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs >> AirPcap Software 3.
AirPcap wireless capture. If not, you will need to upgrade WinPcap during the installation. Upon completing the software installation, reboot the system if requested. Important: Now plug your adapter into one of the machine’s USB ports. Depending on the operating system version, when you plug the adapter into a USB port for the first time, Windows may show the “Found New Hardware Wizard” (Figure 2).
Wireshark Network Analyzer Installation Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is the world’s most used network analyzer. It is used by network professionals for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. The AirPcap Wireless adapter has been integrated into Wireshark. Once you have installed Wireshark you can immediately start capturing and analyzing 802.11 traffic. To install Wireshark, follow these steps: 1.
Additional Tools Installation Additional AirPcap-compatible programs can be found in the installation CD, by clicking on the “browse CD” button from the CD setup page, and then opening the programs folder. The available tools include Kismet, Aircrack-ng, Cain & Abel and Windump. Developers Resources Installation CACE Technologies provides a developer’s pack with everything you need for using an AirPcap adapter in your application for capturing 802.
