• promisc-mode + include-data — you see data to/from all APs.
• promisc-mode + no frame-types — you do not see any packets.
• promisc-mode + include-data + include- include-probe — you see data, beacon
and probes from all APs.
• no promisc-mode + include-data + include- include-probe — you see beacons
and probes from all APs, but data only from your AP.
CLI commands reference for remote packet capture
Commands to configure a capture profile
Use the following parameters to define a capture profile on a managed Access Point (AP).
Command
Parameters
Description
default
none
Sets the command to its default values.
direction
Specifies the capture flow direction.
The direction is specified with respect to the MU.
Uplink
and
Downlink
are valid directions.
By default, both directions are enabled. Uplink
indicates
receive
for an AP and downlink
indicates
transmit
for the AP.
both
Specifies both transmit and receive.
downlink
Specifies transmit only.
uplink
Specifies receive only.
duration
<0–86400>
Range is 0 to 86400 seconds.
Specifies the duration for which capture should
continue. Packet capture stops after the time
duration elapses. Use a default value of 5
minutes. A value of 0 means infinite duration.
end
End wireless capture configuration mode.
exit
Exit from wireless capture configuration mode.
filters
client-mac
Traffic is captured only from/to specific client
MAC address. To exclude this filter, set the
value to empty string.
This setting is ignored on promiscuous mode.
This filter is not applicable to beacons.
By default, the client MAC address is
null
.
include-beacons
Include 802.11 beacons frames from captures
on radio interfaces. This filter is disabled by
default. When a station MAC filter is set, it is not
applied for selection of beacon frames
ACLI reference for Wireless LAN (WLAN) 8100
24 Avaya WLAN 8100 CLI Reference
August 2013