WiFi Pilot is a bundled solution that combines the 802.11 capture capabilities of AirPcap™, the spectrum-level visibility of Wi-Spy™, the visualization, drill-down, and reporting features of CACE Pilot™, and the vast protocol dissection capabilities of Wireshark®.

The bundle is intended for any network professional engaged in 802.11 WLAN management, design, security, compliance, and troubleshooting who needs a complete and very affordable collection of tools to assist in these tasks. With the WiFi Pilot Solution, you can:

• Measure wireless channel utilization from the data and spectrum points of view simultaneously
• Ensure safe , compliant, optimized operation of wireless networks
• Easily identify rogue wireless networks and stations
• Secure your 802.11 WLANS from intruders and other threats
• Instantly detect 802.11 performance bottlenecks
• Pinpoint and drill-down to discover the source of network anomalies
• Discover non-802.11 sources of interference that impact on the performance of your WLAN
• Troubleshoot advanced issues like malfunctioning roaming with multiple AirPcap adapters
• Provide professional, detailed reporting to clients and managers

WiFi Pilot is a subset of CACE Pilot. CACE Pilot’s powerful visualization, drill-down and reporting capabilities are fully available in WiFi Pilot.

See a feature comparison list.

The live source of traffic for WiFi Pilot is limited to 802.11 traffic, accessed via one or more AirPcap adapters. The off-line traffic sources are limited to 802.11-based trace files. These are trace files containing RadioTap or PPI header information.

The Views available in WiFi Pilot form a subset of the CACE Pilot Views. The WiFi Pilot Views are those which are directly applicable to 802.11 traffic and provide MAC-level protocol analysis. Higher level protocol analysis is provided through the extensive Wireshark protocol dissectors.

See a complete list of WiFi Pilot Views

Yes. WiFi Pilot v2.2 works for both the 32 and 64bit versions of the Windows 7 OS:

Yes. Please contact info@cacetech.com and pricing for the software alone will be quoted to you.

Yes. CACE Technologies offers an upgrade program for all adapters. You just pay the list price difference between the adapter you own and the one you want to upgrade to, plus any associated shipping costs. Once you receive the new adapter, we ask that you return the original one to complete the process.

In some circumstances, being able to simultaneously capture on multiple channels and aggregate that packet information can be useful in determining comparative channel usage patterns, overall WLAN usage, and more.

The AirPcap driver provides support for this operation through the Multi-Channel Aggregator technology that exports capture streams from multiple AirPcap adapters as a single capture stream. The Multi-Channel Aggregator consists of a virtual interface that can be used from Wireshark or any other AirPcap-based application. Using this interface, the application will receive the traffic from all installed AirPcap adapters, as if it was coming from a single device. The Multi-Channel Aggregator can be configured like any real AirPcap device, and therefore can have its own decryption, FCS checking, and packet filtering settings.

This means that, for the 12 months following your WiFi Pilot purchase, you receive automatic access to product updates and upgrades through your CACE Account. Links to product updates are placed in each owner’s account and email sent providing information on the enhancements and how to access the link.

The easiest and fastest method is to purchase through our on-line catalog at www.cacetech.com/products/catalog. For any order placed before noon PST, we ship the same day.

An upgrade path will be provided, yes. Please contact info@cacetech.com for details.

Views are the core analysis and visualization paradigm in WiFi Pilot (and CACE Pilot). WiFi Pilot contains over 35 Views, providing a broad range of MAC-level protocol support for wireless networks. Views consist of a collection of display components called Charts.

See a complete list of WiFi Pilot Views

There are several aspects to the full integration associated with Wireshark and Wifi Pilot. First, WiFi Pilot has been designed by a team that includes Wireshark's creator, Gerald Combs and is the only product in the industry to offer full integration with Wireshark. This integration makes Wireshark's extensive collection of capture and display filters easily available throughout WiFi Pilot.

Then, WiFi Pilot makes it possible to select a traffic source (live or trace file) and send it to Wireshark, making Wireshark's prodigious dissector library for deep packet analysis available for ready use within the program.

You also can process very large trace files by isolating interesting portions of the trace file using WiFi Pilot's powerful drill-down feature before sending selected packets to Wireshark.

Finally, WiFi Pilot works with standard pcap files. Trace files created by Wireshark and other open source tools, including pcap files generated on Linux or Mac systems, can be opened easily with WiFi Pilot.

If the file is not enormous (let's say smaller than 30 GB) and your hard disk is pretty fast, you have a good chance of being able to open the file with a View like “Bandwidth Over Time”, “Capture Summary” or “Top MAC Sources” in a reasonable amount of time. At that point, you can highlight portions of the Charts and click on “Send to File” to export the data to smaller files.