Access Points and Switches Management Administration Guide

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Wireless

When you navigate to Packet Capture > Wireless the Wireless tab is displayed by default.

The table has the following columns

  • Status

  • Name/Friendly Name

  • IP Address

  • Radio Mode

  • Radio Band

  • Channel

  • Start/Stop Capture

The table lists all available SonicWaves(APs), and each row on this list shows the basic information and status of a SonicWave device.

Expand the row to view the following details of the device's wireless data capture settings.

  • Wireless Packet Capture Radio Settings

  • Wireless Packet Capture Buffer Statics are displayed.

You can also do the options described below:

To Capture the wireless data

  • For a device, click on Start Capture to start the capture. The status of buffer statistics will be 'Trace Active'.

  • For a device, click on Stop Capture to stop the capture. The status of buffer statistics will be 'Trace Off'.

Hovering on a device shows the below options

  • Configure: User to configure Wireless data capture settings.

  • Download Captured Packets: Used to download already captured packets.

  • Clear Buffer: Used to clear the captured packets buffer.

To Configure the Wireless Packet Capture

  1. Navigate to Air Marshal > Packet Capture > Wireless.

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

  3. 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.

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

  5. 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

  6. Click OK to save the changes.

Toolbar options

The toolbar above the table has the below options.

Option Description
Click on this icon to Refresh or reload the page.
Click on this icon to select the required columns. This helps you to view or hide the selected columns.

To Filter in Wireless

Click the filter icon to view the available filters.

For more information on other filter options refer to Filter Options

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