Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™ is a necessary component to any administrator’s toolkit.
Included in this program are several useful functions and features that make it easy to use
and user-friendly. Filtering, packet details, and a statistical breakdown all help you
manage and monitor your WLAN traffic effectively and efficiently. In addition to a
useful analysis of data on the Pocket PC, Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™, saves data in
libpcap/Ethereal format, which allows further analysis of a capture session from your
desktop. This can allow you to rebuild web pages, emails, and perform in depth analysis
of all data captured.
6.FAQs
What can I do with the data I collect?
Mobile Sniffer is a great first level tool. It can provide instant access to important
data; however, it is not a full-fledged analyzer. We recommended you try Ethereal for a
deeper analysis, which is why our saved files are in this format. Ethereal is free and
available at www.ethereal.com. It works wonderfully with Airscanner Mobile Sniffer
packet session captures.
I just saw my user name and password in a sniff session! Is this
normal?
YES! This is why any wireless network MUST be encrypted. Email, instant
messages, web pages, and other tidbits of data are easily captured and read by a network.
If you can see your personal information on your WLAN, so can anyone else.
Can anyone tell that I am sniffing?
There are tools available online that can help a person deduce that a sniffer is in
operation. However, due to the fact that wireless is broadcasted, a passive sniffer can
usually capture everything without being detected.
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