🆕WinFi

WinFi is back and works with WLAN Pi

WinFi is a tool which has been around for a while but is now going through a refresh.

One of the big plus points of WinFi is that it is built to be truly cross-platform. It will work the same way on all platforms. Today it is available as a beta for Windows and Mac.

You can download a copy here

GitHub - HelgeMagnusKeck/WinFi: WinFi Pro EngineerGitHub

Note: The current beta status means that there are some workarounds needed to get it to run. this is because it is not app store signed at this time and therefore needs the user to provide an exception to allow it to run without the usual security checks.

Installing WinFi requires the following steps

• On Windows confirm its execution

• On MacOS run xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/WinFi.app

It will need approval of location permissions and the location service enabled

This will get the free version up and running

Connecting the Go to WinFi

To start the configuration of the WLAN Pi Go - lets navigate to the settings page using the menu choice

Select the 'Interfaces' menu and select the 'Add Interface' button and call it WLAN Pi.

Find the newly created WLAN Pi configuration. Select ' Edit'

There are two things to change (in the following order):

1. In the Templates drop-down, select WLAN Pi R4

2. Set the IP Address to 198.18.42.1

Make these changes then select 'Test Connection' This should report that the 'SSH Connection is Successful'

Save and return to the main screen

Select the 'WinFi 3.0' icon to the right of the icon.

Next, find the selection of the adapter (defaults to en0) and click it to find WLAN PI

It currently (in the beta), takes a while for a scan to complete. This is because it is scanning every channel in 6GHz. You will know it is working when you see the green box at the right of the status bar showing the frequency which is being scanned.

The free version then provides the following view

How can you speed up the scan?

• Reduce the dwell from 250ms. What would be a sensible dwell time (consider the beacon timing)

• Remove the non-PSC 6GHz channels from the scan list (in settings) - perhaps?

Paid Version enhancements

If there is no released paid version yet, the best way to trial this is to join the discord server and request a trial license

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & GamesDiscord

In the paid version is is possible to export PCAPs and see some nice visualizations such as a 3D spectrum