We have released NetResident 1.2, a network content monitoring program that captures, stores, analyzes and reconstructs network events such as e-mail messages, Web pages, downloaded files and instant messages. Now it also supports VoIP! To see the full list of new features in this version, click here. The program can be downloaded in the Download Area.

Download CommView for WiFi
CommView for WiFi is a tool for monitoring wireless 802.11 a/b/g networks. To use this product, you must have a compatible wireless adapter. To enable the monitoring features of your wireless adapter, you will need to use a special driver that comes with this product.

Alternatively, you may want to consider using the standard, non-wireless CommView edition that will allow you to capture your own inbound and outbound wireless network packets, without capturing the traffic generated by other wireless stations.

The following adapters have been tested and are compatible with CommView for WiFi:


New 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g Adapters
3Com OfficeConnect Wireless a/b/g PC Card (3CRWE154A72)
Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G520 Adapter
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G650 Adapter *
D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter (Rev. C, Rev. D)
D-Link AirXpert DWL-AG520 Wireless PCI Adapter
D-Link AirPremier DWL-AG530 Wireless PCI Adapter
D-Link AirXpert DWL-AG650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirXpert DWL-AG660 Wireless Cardbus Adapter
D-Link AirPremier DWL-G680 Wireless Cardbus Adapter
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini PCI Adapter (BETA VERSION) *
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini PCI Adapter (BETA VERSION) *
LinkSys WPC55AG Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
NETGEAR WAG511 802.11a/b/g Dual Band Wireless PC Card
NETGEAR WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card
NETGEAR WG511U 54AG+ Wireless PC Card
NETGEAR WG511U Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card
Proxim ORiNOCO 802.11a/g ComboCard Gold 8480
Proxim ORiNOCO 802.11a/g ComboCard Silver 8481
Proxim ORiNOCO 802.11a/g PCI Adapter 8482
Proxim ORiNOCO 802.11b/g ComboCard Gold 8470
Proxim ORiNOCO 802.11b/g ComboCard Silver 8471
SMC 2336W-AG v2 Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter
TRENDnet TEW-501PC 108Mbps 802.11a/g Wireless CardBus PC Card


Old 802.11b Adapters

3Com 3CRWE7373 AirConnect Wireless LAN Card
3Com 3CRWE737A AirConnect Wireless LAN Card
3Com 3CRWE777A AirConnect Wireless LAN PCI Card
Actiontec 802.11b Wireless PC Card
Actiontec MiniPCI 802.11b Wireless Adapter
Actiontec PCI 802.11b Wireless Adapter
Belkin F5D6000 Wireless PCI Network Adapter
Belkin F5D6020 v.1 Wireless PCMCIA Network Adapter *
BENQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter
Cisco Systems 340 Series PCI Wireless LAN Adapter *
Cisco Systems 340 Series PCMCIA Wireless LAN Adapter *
Cisco Systems 350 Series PCI Wireless LAN Adapter *
Cisco Systems 350 Series PCMCIA Wireless LAN Adapter *
Compaq WL100 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card
Compaq WL200 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCI Card
Corega PCCL-11 Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card *
Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series Card
Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series Mini PCI Card
DemarcTech Reliawave 802.11b Wireless PC Card
D-Link DWL-500 Wireless PCMCIA Adapter
D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter *
D-Link DWL-650 Wireless PCMCIA Adapter *
D-Link DWL-650H 11Mbps WLAN PC Card
Ericsson DSSS Wireless LAN PC Card
Ericsson DSSS Wireless LAN PCI Card
Fujitsu IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN/CF Card (3V)
Fujitsu IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN/CF Card (5V)
Fujitsu MiniPCI Wireless LAN Card
Fujitsu PCI Wireless LAN Card
Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN PC Card
Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN PCI Card
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A Mini PCI Adapter
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
LAN-Express IEEE 802.11 PCI Adapter
LinkSys WPC11 Wireless PC Card v.2.5 and v.3
Lucent ORiNOCO Card
Microsoft MN-520 Wireless Notebook Adapter
NETGEAR MA301 Wireless PCI Adapter
NETGEAR MA311 Wireless PCI Adapter
NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card
NETGEAR MA701 Wireless CF Card
Nortel Networks e-mobility 802.11b Wireless LAN PC Card
Nortel Networks e-mobility 802.11b Wireless LAN PCI Card
Nortel Networks e-mobility 802.11b WLAN PC Card
Planet WL-3550 Wireless PC Card
Repotec IEEE802.11b WLAN PCI Card v2.5
Repotec RP-2061 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card
Repotec RP-2064 Wireless PCI Card Reader Ver.1.5
Siemens I-Gate 11M PC Card
SMC2632W V.1 EZ Connect Wireless PC Card
SparkLAN Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card
Symbol LA4111 Spectrum24 Wireless LAN PC Card
Symbol LA4113 Spectrum24 Wireless LAN PCI Card
Symbol Spectrum24 802.11b Wireless LAN PCI Card
Symbol Spectrum24 LA-4100 Series Wireless LAN PC Card
TrendWare TEW-PC16 Wireless PCMCIA Network Card
U.S. Robotics Wireless 802.11b PC Card
Xircom Wireless Ethernet Adapter
Z-Com LANEscape/XI-300 PC Card


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* Please read important technical notes about these cards.

Technical Notes on Hardware Compatibility
When installing the special CommView for WiFi driver for your wireless adapter, you should normally follow the instructions that are given in the Driver Installation Guide (to view the guide, click Help => Driver Installation Guide in the program menu). However, there are important technical notes on some of the supported adapters:

Important: CommView for WiFi does NOT support any D-Link adapters with the "+" sign, e.g. DWL-650+ or DWL-G650+.

Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Mini PCI Adapters

CommView for WiFi drivers for these adapters have the following limitations:

They cannot be used in dual (monitoring + connectivity) mode. These are monitoring-only drivers.
Packet injection using Packet Generator is not possible.
These drivers discard packets with bad CRC, so you will not be able to see broken packets and have CRC statistics.
If these capabilities are important to you, please obtain a different fully-functional b/g or a/b/g adapter supported by CommView for WiFi.
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter

There are several hardware versions of this card: A1, B1/B2/B3, and C1/C2/C3. CommView for WiFi DOES NOT support version A1. It DOES support versions B1/B2/B3, C1 and C3. We have not tested version C2, it may or may not work. To identify your card, please visit the D-Link site.

D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter

There are several hardware versions of this card: A, B, C, D, and E. CommView for WiFi supports version A and B. It DOES NOT support other versions of this adapter. To identify your card, please visit the D-Link site.

D-Link DWL-650 Wireless PCMCIA Adapter

There are several hardware versions of this card. Versions A1-J3 have a rectangular body with the antenna that looks like an ear that is connected to the body. These are the only versions of this card supported by CommView for WiFi. We don't plan to support other versions of DWL-650. To identify your card, please visit the D-Link site.

Belkin F5D6020 Wireless PCMCIA Network Adapter

There are several hardware versions of this card. CommView for WiFi supports ONLY version 1. We don't plan to support other versions of F5D6020.

Cisco Systems 340/350 Series PCI and PCMCIA Cards


To use this card with CommView for WiFi, make sure that the card has the latest firmware version (currently 5.20.17, released on June 2, 2003). If you have Cisco Aironet Client Utility (ACU) installed, run it and click on the Status icon to find your firmware version number. If it is older than 5.20.17, click here to download the latest firmware, and then use ACU to load it. If you don't have ACU installed, click here to download Aironet Client Adapter Installation Wizard, and then run it.
Once your adapter's firmware has been updated, open Control Panel => Add/Remove Software, select Cisco Aironet Installation Wizard, click Change/Remove, and select Uninstall All Components. Then reboot the computer and and proceed with the CommView for WiFi driver installation as per the guide.
Corega PCCL-11 Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card

If this card has not yet been installed on your computer, install it, boot up the computer, and proceed with the CommView for WiFi driver installation as per the guide. If this card has already been installed and uses the vendor-supplied driver, you should first completely remove the vendor-supplied driver. To do that, please follow these steps:

Open Device Manager, select your Corega card, right-click on it and select Uninstall.
Locate the INF folder (usually C:\Windows\inf, turn on the "Show hidden files and folders" option if you don't see this folder), right-click on it, select Search, and search for the files that contain the word "corega". You should see one or several .INF and/or .PNF files that contain that word. Delete them.
Reboot and follow the CommView for WiFi driver installation guide, as if you card has just been installed.
Using Your Adapter in Dual Mode
Once you have replaced the adapter driver with a new driver that comes with CommView for WiFi, your adapter may no longer be able to communicate with other wireless hosts or access points, because the driver uses a passive, monitoring mode. To restore the standard functions of your adapter, you would need to roll back/return to the original adapter's driver supplied by the vendor. However, this is not always the case. You can use the adapter in dual mode (passive mode when CommView for WiFi is running and active mode when CommView for WiFi is not running) if the following conditions are met:

Operating system: Windows XP. This won't work under Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003.
Your adapter must be a 802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g adapter. This won't work with older 802.11b adapters.
You must uninstall any vendor-supplied adapter configuration utilities and let Windows use the built-in wireless configuration utility.
If these conditions are met, replacing the driver won't disable the adapter's connectivity. You would be able to use the adapter to connect to wireless networks, as you normally do, until you launch CommView for WiFi. Once the program has been launched, it will put the adapter in passive, monitoring mode. When you have closed the program, the adapter will automatically return to normal mode. You may have to disable and then re-enable the adapter to restore its connectivity.