Airtool

Airtool is a system menu-bar application that provides basic functions to check the state and channel configuration of the built-in Wi-Fi adapter, as well as to perform frame captures on single and multiple channels. It can be used together with Wireshark to let you change channel settings while performing live frame captures. In addition, captures can be automatically uploaded to CloudShark.

Features

• See Wi-Fi adapter state (associated, not associated) and channel information
• Disconnect from network
• List supported channels and channel widths
• Perform frame captures on single or multiple channels
• Change channel settings while performing live frame captures from external tools such as Wireshark or tcpdump
• Automatically or manually upload captures to CloudShark

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

• Implemented capture file limits by time (seconds, minutes) or number of frames in addition to size.
• Added support to generate multiple capture files based on size, time or number of frames. Capture files can also be rotated for continuous capturing with limited disk space consumption. Multiple file support is only available when saving files locally.
• Added user notifications for when capture is completed. Notifications can be disabled by going to Preferences > General and unchecking the Show capture complete notification option.
• Added a "Shown" option in Preferences > General to open the captures file location.
• Added a "Cancel" button to the capture progress dialog. When the capture is canceled, all capture files created are immediately discarded.
• Integrated it with DevMate for release management.

Improved:

• Redesigned the capture progress dialog to make it more informative and to indicate the progress of the capture based on any chosen limits (size, time or number of frames).
• Modified the filename format to be easier to read. Also, if multiple files are generated, they are saved to their own folder.
• Modified the "Launch script" option so that it does not open a Terminal window anymore. Instead, it saves the output of the script (if any) to a text file ending in .out colocated with the original capture file.

Fixed:

• Fixed closing of script prompt after launching script.
• Fixed errors when launching certain Python scripts using the "Launch script" option.