What's new in Airtool 2.5.3
Nov 12, 2023
- Fixes the "wireless interface is already in use" error when starting a new remote capture.
New in Airtool 2.5.2 (Sep 30, 2023)
- Improves support for macOS Sonoma.
- Removes the use of ifconfig and iwconfig for staging wireless interfaces when doing a remote capture.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.5.1 (Jul 28, 2023)
- Increases maximum number of capture files limit to 10000.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.5 (Apr 18, 2023)
- Adds an option for multi-channel captures using only 2.4 and 5 GHz channels on Macs with 6E support.
- Replaces "Launch Script" with "Run Command" as an option that can be used after saving the capture file.
- Simplifies the menu layout of multi-channel capture options.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.4.4 (Feb 28, 2023)
- Fixes incorrect frequencies being set when doing multi-source captures.
- Fixes incorrect state after a permission error occurs.
New in Airtool 2.4.3 (Jan 26, 2023)
- Adds 6 GHz support on Macs with Wi-Fi 6E.
- Removes "Capture Custom…" option.
- Fixes crash that may occur when capturing iOS traces.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.4.2 (Oct 26, 2022)
- Fixes compatibility with macOS Ventura.
New in Airtool 2.4.1 (Oct 10, 2022)
- Fixes control frames not being captured when using certain adapters (e.g., MT7921) remotely.
- Fixes an issue with the WiFi Coconut integration when the WiFi Coconut tools are installed via Homebrew.
New in Airtool 2.4 (Oct 2, 2022)
- Adds support for capturing Wi-Fi traffic using a WiFi Coconut by Hak5.
- Adds support for U-NII-4 channels when doing a remote capture.
- Changes Capture option to indicate current channel and channel width.
- Removes options for managing channel and channel width as they have limited use.
- Removes support for macOS High Sierra (10.13).
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.3.7 (May 31, 2022)
- Adds support for 160 MHz remote captures on 5 and 6 GHz.
- Removes multiple channel capture options in Apple silicon Macs as channel hopping can't be performed reliably.
- Fixes incorrect channel and channel width in menu when capturing.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.3.6 (Feb 17, 2022)
- Improves capturing using remote sensors.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.3.5 (Jan 31, 2022)
- Fixes a crash that may occur when setting time limits on captures.
- Improves error handling when a sensor's current user's password has expired.
- Sets capture progress window to be always on top.
- Prevents computer from going to sleep while doing a capture.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.3.4 (Jan 20, 2022)
- Fixes an issue where canceling a remote or multi-source capture can hang the application after an error has occurred.
New in Airtool 2.3.3 (Jan 14, 2022)
- Fixes an issue where a capture cannot be canceled or stopped after an error has ocurred.
- Improves remote capturing when using iwlwifi-based (e.g. AX210) Wi-Fi cards.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.3.2 (Sep 29, 2021)
- Fixes an issue when capturing remotely using multiple AX210 cards.
New in Airtool 2.3.1 (Aug 11, 2021)
- Fixes a crash that occurs when capturing iOS packet traces in macOS Mojave or older.
- Improves error handling when capturing from remote sensors.
New in Airtool 2.3 (Jul 30, 2021)
- Adds experimental support for remote captures in 6 GHz using a suitable platform and the Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 module.
- Adds ability to forget credentials of a remote sensor by pressing the Option key before starting the capture.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.2.1 (Mar 8, 2021)
- Improves the integration with EASE (External Adapter Support Environment).
New in Airtool 2.2 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Adds support for capturing Layer-3 traffic from compatible iOS devices.
- Adds support for capturing Zigbee traffic using TI CC2531EMK and RapidConnect Zigbee USB stick.
- Adds support for capturing Bluetooth LE traffic using TI CC2540EMK and Ubertooth One.
- Adds support for capturing from one or multiple external adapters using EASE (External Adapter Support Environment).
- Improves remote capture and diagostics support.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.1 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Adds support for multi-source captures. You can now do multi-channel captures using multiple remote sensors and adapters.
- Adds support for the PCAP Next Generation (pcapng) capture file format and makes pcapng the default capture file format in Airtool.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.0.3 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Fixes an issue in macOS High Sierra that causes the app to hang up when stopping a capture.
New in Airtool 2.0.2 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Adds ability to configure a remote sensor's port.
- Adds ability to run diagnostics on a remote sensor.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 2.0.1 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Fixes an issue when using multiple displays.
- Fixes duplicate entries under some submenus.
- Removes the "Link-Layer Header" menu item that allowed you to choose the link-layer header used for capturing. Airtool will now always use Radiotap as the link-layer header as support for other headers has been dropped in newer Mac models.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
New in Airtool 1.9.1 (Jul 19, 2020)
- Airtool is now part of Intuitibits. To learn more and for technical support please visit www.intuitibits.com.
New in Airtool 1.9 (Dec 11, 2019)
- Fixes an issue where some supported link-layer header types were not being listed.
- Improves presentation of channel, channel width and link-layer header settings in menu.
New in Airtool 1.7.5 (Jun 11, 2019)
- Updated supporting libraries.
New in Airtool 1.7.4 (Feb 1, 2019)
- Fixed a crash when processing large data frames.
- Made changes to comply with Little Snitch's Internet Access Policy.
New in Airtool 1.7.3 (Jan 10, 2019)
- Mojo Packets is now Packets. Airtool's been updated to reflect that.
- Fixed an issue where large data frames where being truncated.
New in Airtool 1.7.2 (Nov 9, 2018)
- When packet slicing is enabled and the frame as a bad FCS, only the link-layer header is saved.
- Airtool is now notarized by Apple, which means Apple has checked it and determined it is malware-free.
New in Airtool 1.7.1 (Sep 21, 2018)
- Changed it so that Airtool will always disconnect before capturing, even when capturing on the active channel.
- Updated supporting libraries.
New in Airtool 1.7 (Jul 23, 2018)
- Added support for macOS Mojave 10.14.
- Added Ask for each capture as a choice in the Capture files location option (see Preferences > General). If you choose Ask for each capture, you will be prompted where to save the capture file after the capture is done. If multiple files will be generated during the capture, you will be prompted to choose a location before the capture starts.
- Fixed a bug where the capture would start before setting the first channel in the hopping sequence for a multiple channel capture.
- Updated supporting libraries.
New in Airtool 1.6.1 (Apr 21, 2018)
- Fixes a bug where Airtool would always capture on channel 1, or another fixed channel, no matter what channel was selected.
New in Airtool 1.6 (Sep 14, 2017)
- New:
- 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.
New in Airtool 1.5.3 (Apr 19, 2017)
- Added a "Service URL" field for the Mojo Packets integration.
New in Airtool 1.5.2 (Apr 1, 2017)
- Updated Sparkle framework.
- Other minor bug fixes.
New in Airtool 1.4.1 (Nov 29, 2016)
- Fixes a crash when opening the Preferences window.
New in Airtool 1.4 (Nov 10, 2016)
- Added integration options for Mojo Packets.
- Other minor bug fixes.
New in Airtool 1.3.5 (Aug 13, 2016)
- Fixes various issues when handling malformed frames.
- Updates Sparkle (auto-updater) framework.
New in Airtool 1.3.4 (Jul 27, 2016)
- Adds an option to perform automatic packet slicing for 802.11 data frames. For more information click here.
New in Airtool 1.3.3 (Jun 2, 2016)
- Fixes an issue where unsupported link-layer headers are listed under the Link-Layer Header menu.
New in Airtool 1.3.2 (Apr 18, 2016)
- Fixes an incompatibility with older versions of OS X.
- Fixes an issue when no applications that can handle .pcap files can be found.
New in Airtool 1.3.1 (Mar 1, 2016)
- Fixes an issue when uploading captures to CloudShark if filename contains spaces.
- Fixes an issue when listing installed protocol analyzers.
New in Airtool 1.3 (Feb 24, 2016)
- Now you can choose which protocol analyzer you want Airtool to launch once the capture is completed.
New in Airtool 1.2.2 (Feb 2, 2016)
- Fixes an issue with the option for automatically opening capture files in Wireshark.
- Addresses security vulnerabilities in the Sparkle Updater framework. For more information visit www.vulnsec.com.
New in Airtool 1.2.1 (Dec 29, 2015)
- New menu layout provides quicker access to different capture options.
- If disconnecting was necessary, Airtool will attempt to reconnect after capture is done.
- Added option to always disconnect when performing a capture on the active channel.
- Other minor changes.