WiFi Explorer and WPA3-Personal Compatibility Mode
As WPA3 adoption continues, one challenge keeps emerging in real deployments: not all clients behave the same way. Some fully support WPA3, some partially support it, and others don’t support [...]
Balancing Security and Compatibility with RSN Override
While implementing support for RSN Override in WiFi Explorer, we took a closer look at how this mechanism works and why it was introduced. If you're dealing with interoperability [...]
Using Your Android Device as a Remote Sensor
The remote sensor feature in WiFi Explorer Pro 3 and WiFi Explorer Pro for Windows allows you to scan for wireless networks using a Linux- or Android-based device while [...]
Capturing Wi-Fi Packets on Your Mac Using External Adapters
If you don't have a remote sensor, you can still do packet captures on one or more channels using external USB Wi-Fi adapters. However, because we can't use external adapters natively as we do with the Mac's built-in Wi-Fi adapter, we need EASE (External Adapter Support Environment).
Using a Raspberry Pi 4 as a Remote Sensor for WiFi Explorer Pro and Airtool
This blog post will show you how to configure a Raspberry Pi 4 with an external Wi-Fi adapter to be used as a remote sensor in WiFi Explorer Pro and Airtool. We will assume you have a fresh installed Raspberry Pi 4 using Raspberry Pi OS.
What’s Going On, Apple? – Part 2
For years, packet capturing in the Mac using the built-in Wi-Fi adapter has always worked reliably out of the box, and it is one of the main reasons many Wi-Fi professionals love their Macs to do their jobs. Unfortunately, packet capturing is now broken in the new M1 Mac.
Column Profiles in WiFi Explorer Pro 3
One of the useful features you can find in WiFi Explorer Pro 3 is custom column profiles. You can use profiles to define and display different sets of columns for [...]
The New WiFi Explorer Pro 3
We are excited to announce WiFi Explorer Pro 3. We worked hard behind the scenes to bring the app up to date with the latest enhancements in macOS Big [...]
Using the WLAN Pi to Scan for Networks in WiFi Explorer Pro
The WLAN Pi is a device designed for assessing, testing, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks. It's a small computer based on the NanoPi Neo2 board that is pre-loaded with a [...]
What’s Going On, Apple?
One of the many reasons we enjoy developing for Mac is that during all these years, we've encountered very few bugs in macOS. In other words, from a system [...]