Hi, I wonder if there is a way to capture WiFi wireless performance statistics (such as signal strength) using Wireshark? I try to add the column "RSSI" in Wireshark but it is showing up as empty. Next, I use Netmon and I could add the column "RSSI" in Netmon. And values are showing up. My question is why Netmon is able to do it but not Wireshark? Also, is there a way to see signal quality, noise , interference, throughput of Wifi signals with Wireshark? Any tools/software that you will suggest me buying in order to see such network statistics? asked 19 Jun '14, 13:04 kohck |
One Answer:
Netmon is able to do it because its driver for packet capture supports NDIS 6, and thus supports putting adapters into monitor mode, so it can get the signal strength for packets it captures. Wireshark is not able to do it on Windows because it uses WinPcap to capture packets on Windows, and WinPcap's driver doesn't support NDIS 6 and can't put adapters into monitor mode, so it can't get the signal strength for packets it captures on Windows.
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answered 19 Jun '14, 14:40 Guy Harris ♦♦ edited 19 Jun '14, 14:41 |