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      Windows WiFi Scanner Release Notes

      Windows WiFi Scanner Release Notes

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.9.0.548 Release Notes (March 22, 2024)

      - Fixed bug with 6 GHz center channel detection

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.9.0.546 Release Notes (February 12, 2024)

      - Improved channel detection logic for wide channels on 6 GHz
      - Performance improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.9.0.544 Release Notes (January 30, 2024)

      - Updated spectrum graphing library to improve performance in busy RF environments
      - Support for latest WLAN Pi Pro, M4 and R4 firmware
      - Performance improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.50.60 Release Notes (August 16, 2023)

      - Improvements to WiFi Survey (Beta) heat map generation. Contact support@accessagility.com to have feature enabled for your license key.
      - Preferences setting to age out networks based on user settings
      - Updated OUI database
      - Performance improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.45.55 Release Notes (July 6, 2023)

      - Improvements to WiFi Survey (Beta) heat map generation. Contact support@accessagility.com to have feature enabled for your license key.
      - Performance improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.31.41 Release Notes (April 19, 2023)

      - WiFi Survey (Beta) feature added. Supports passive and active surveys using built-in and USB adapters. Contact support@accessagility.com to have feature enabled for your license key.
      - Performance improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.26.36 Release Notes (March 9, 2023)

      - Fixed issue where a 5 GHz AP channel width was detected as 40MHz instead of 20MHz. The issue was only with 5 GHz APs when the HT capability section was present and the AP supports 40 MHz but was not configured for 40 MHz.
      - Copy spectrum and other graphs to clipboard and save option 

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.21.31 Release Notes (February 4, 2023)

      - Fixed issue experienced by some remote sensor users where results were not returned in a timely manner
      - Improved remote sensor support for WLAN Pi Pro w/ Intel AX210 adapter, M4 w/ MT7921K (PCIe m.2) adapter, and R4 w/ M7921U (USB) adapter.

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.15.26 Release Notes (November 22, 2022)

      - Added ability to make notes / annotations per BSSID and import / export this information
      - Added ability to copy license key from About WiFi Scanner > License screen
      - Fixed bug where all 5 GHz networks were showing as 40 MHz wide
      - Fixed bug where AP Beacon Interval was not saved in session file
      - Fixed bug where AP Uptime was not saved in session file
      - Fixed bug where incorrect wireless adapter firmware version was displayed in About WiFi Scanner > Capabilities and Network and Interface screens
      - Overall performance improvements in UI navigation

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.9.20 Release Notes (November 8, 2022)

      - Improved license management system

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.8.19 Release Notes (November 4, 2022)

      - Performance improvements to scanning

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.5.15 Release Notes (October 15, 2022)

      - Fixed issue where some users were not able to use integrated speed testing feature

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.2.12 Release Notes (September 13, 2022)

      - Additional 6E / 6 GHz detection tweaks for beacons with Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier (MBSSID) information

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.2.8 Release Notes (August 24, 2022)

      - Added support for scanning 6E / 6 GHz access points / channels using WLAN Pi Pro and WLAN Pi M4

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.8.2.7 Release Notes (August 19, 2022)

      - Improved remote sensor support for all WLAN Pi models (WLAN Pi NEO2, WLAN Pi Pro, WLAN Pi M4).

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.6.7 Build 822 Release Notes (June 28, 2022)

      - Fixed issue to correct 5 GHz channel width detection

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.6.3 Build 818 Release Notes (June 16, 2022)

      - Fixed issue that prevented loading of pcap capture when "Vendor NS Next" is set to true in file
      - Improved loading of large pcap / pcapng files

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.6.2 Build 817 Release Notes (June 14, 2022)

      - Added WiFi 6E / 6 GHz access points out of band discovery using 2.4 and 5 GHz adapters
      - Fixed issue where freeform text filtering was not working when scanning adapter selection was changed
      - Fixed issue where Basic Rates were not displayed correctly
      - Added additional entries to Genius tab
      --- 6 GHz Access Point Detected Using 2.4 or 5 GHz Adapter alert
      --- 802.11e Not Detected alert

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.5.18 Build 813 Release Notes (June 3, 2022)

      - Support for detecting WiFi 6E / 6 GHz access points
      - Support for external adapters that are compatible with Windows 10 and/or Windows 11
      - Show the Basic Rates column by default and hide min rate column
      - Fixed issue where save session window was not fully visible
      - Added additional entries to Genius tab
      --- Added Wi-Fi Multi-Media (WMM) related alerts
      --- Added Forty MHz Intolerant alert
      --- Added Rate Limiting alert
      --- Added WPA3 SAE detected alert
      --- Added Space-time Block Coding (STBC) detected alert
      --- Added High Stream Capable Access Point detected alert
      --- Updated Management Frame Protection (802.11w) Required detected alert
      --- Updated logic for detecting High Beacon Overhead detected alert
      --- Updated Protection in ERP detected alert

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.5.13 Build 802 Release Notes (May 15, 2022)

      - Added Transmit Power Control (TPC) column to scan results
      - Added AP Uptime column to scan results
      - Improve color coding of suggestion priorities (Very High, High, Medium, Low, Very Low, Alert)
      - Added Alert suggestion priority for items that are informational only
      - Renamed Suggestions tab to Genius tab
      - Added additional entries to Genius tab
      --- 80211.r OTD detected
      --- Access point short uptime detected
      --- High access point power level detected
      --- 802.11h related suggestion
      --- Same SSID on both bands detected
      --- Long guard interval detected
      --- Non standard beacon interval detected
      --- Mixed channel width on same SSID detected 
      --- Meraki mesh hidden SSID detected

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.5.12 Build 795 Release Notes (March 15, 2022)

      - Add suggestions tab that provides guidance on potential issues with selected SSID
      - Added Beacon Interval information per SSID
      - Added MCS Index column to scan results

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.5.8 Build 771 Release Notes (September 10, 2021)

      - Fixed issue where app was reverting to trial mode after proper license registration
      - Add "Custom Filters" to filter tree allowing users to save filters.
      - Add ability to import / export Customer Filters.
      - Fixed issue where 11ax adapters in about screen were listed as 11ac
      - Added support SSH integration via key-based authentication
      - Add "Alerts" to filter tree with predefined filters that are most relevant to analyzing WiFi networks
      - Other fixes for speed improvements

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.4 Build 755 Release Notes (March 31, 2021)

      - Fixed sorting issue in scanner table view grid. Some were sorting alphabetically when they should have been numerically sorted
      - Fixed sorting issue in scanner tree on left side for BSSID and a few others
      - Fixed issue where license key was not reflected correctly requiring reentering of license key
      - Improved Remote WiFi Scanner configuration testing to alert OS issues to WiFi Scanner
      - Fixed issue where some devices were not showing interface information in About WiFi Scanner tabs
      - Improved logging of remote WiFi Scanner using SSH to WLAN Pi / any Linux device that supports tcpdump and has WiFi adapter that can be configured for monitor mode.
      - Fixed signal issues withe remote wifi scanner device. has USB Adapter with multiple transmit and receive antennas
      - Improved Performance
      - Many other bug fixes

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.2 Build 731 Release Notes (January 14, 2021)

      - Remote WiFi Scanner using SSH to WLAN Pi / any Linux device that supports tcpdump and has WiFi adapter that can be configured for monitor mode.
      - Improved Performance

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.1 Build 714 Release Notes (November 10, 2020)

      - Ability to open in pcap files and analyze wifi information
      - Improved detection of wide 2.4 and 5 GHz channels (40, 80, 160)
      - Improved visualization of ACI (adjacent channel interference) and CCI (co-channel interference) networks
      - Fixed issue where BSS Load station count and/or utilization was not correct for all scenarios
      - Many other minor improvements
      - Improved performance

      Windows WiFi Scanner v2.0 Build 681 Release Notes (September 24, 2020)

      - Updated user interface to match Windows 10 user interface guidelines
      - Windows WiFi Scanner v1.x is End of Sale and End of Support. All existing v1.x users with an active license should upgrade to version 2.0 at no cost.