Wireless Network Manager Administration Guide

Using Air Marshal > Packet Capture > Wireless
Table of Contents

Wireless

When you click Airmarshal > Packet Capture the Wireless tab is displayed by default, as shown in the previous screen.

This page displays a list of all available SonicWaves(APs), and each row on this list shows the basic information and status of a SonicWave device.

Click on the unfold arrow button to view the details of this device's wireless data capture settings. The information such as Wireless Packet Capture Radio Settings and Wireless Packet Capture Buffer Statics are displayed

You can also do the options described below:

  • Click on the configure icon to open the wireless data capture settings page for that SonicWave. More information of configuration is explained further below.

  • Click on the download icon to download the already captured packets.

  • Click on the clear buffer icon to clear the captured packets buffer.

  • Click Start Capture to start the capture. You can see the buffer statistics as Trace Active.

  • Click on Stop Capture to finish the capture. You can see the buffer statistics as Trace Off.

To Configure the Wireless Packet Capture

  1. Click on the configure icon hovering the mouse to the right hand side of the device. The wireless data capture settings page is displayed.

  2. Specify the Capture Radio Settings options:

    • Mode - The options are 2.4GHz 802.11n/g/b Mixed, 5GHz 802.11n/a Mixed, and

      5GHz 802.11ac/n/a Mixed.

    • Radio Band - The options are Standard 20MHZ Channel, Wide 40MHZ Channel, and Wide 80MHZ Channel.

    • Standard Channel - Choose a frequency channel as per your requirement.

  3. Specify the 802.11 Packet Capture Settings option. You can either enable or disable the Wrap Capture Buffer Once Full option.

  4. Specify the Capture Filter Settings options:

    • Source MAC Address
    • Destination MAC Address

    • Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID)

    • Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID)

    • Toggle the option on or off for Enable Bidirectional Address Matching

    • Toggle the option on or off for Exclude Beacon

    • Toggle the option on or off for Exclude Probe Request

    • Toggle the option on or off for Exclude Probe Response

    • Toggle the option on or off for Exclude Control

    • Toggle the option on or off for Exclude Data

  5. Click OK to save the changes.