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Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Page 84
January 2015
Section 7 - Maintaining the Access Point
Figure 53 - Packet Capture Status
The following table describes information the packet capture status fields display.
Field Description
Current Capture
Status
Shows whether packet capture is running or stopped.
Packet Capture
Time
Shows elapsed capture time.
Packet Capture File
Size
Shows the current capture file size.
Table 47 - Packet Capture Status
Packet Capture Parameter Configuration
Packet Capture Configuration allows you to configure parameters that affect how packet capture functions on the radio
interfaces.
Figure 54 - Packet Capture Configuration
The following table describes the fields to configure the packet capture.
Field Description
Capture Beacons Enable to capture the 802.11 beacons detected or transmitted by the radio.
Promiscuous
Capture
Enable to place the radio in promiscuous mode when the capture is active.
In promiscuous mode the radio receives all traffic on the channel, including traffic that is not
destined to this AP. While the radio is operating in promiscuous mode, it continues serving
associated clients. Packets not destined to the AP are not forwarded.
As soon as the capture is completed, the radio reverts to non-promiscuous mode operation.
Client Filter Enable Enable to use the WLAN client filter to capture only frames that are transmitted to, or
received from a WLAN client with a specified MAC address.
Client Filter MAC
Address
Specify a MAC address for WLAN client filtering.
Note: The MAC filter is active only when capture is performed on an 802.11 interface.
Table 48 - Packet Capture Configuration
Note: Changes to packet capture configuration parameters take affect after packet capture is
restarted. Modifying the parameters while the packet capture is running doesn’t affect the current
packet capture session. In order to begin using new parameter values, an existing packet capture
session must be stopped and re-started.
Packet File Capture
In Packet File Capture mode the AP stores captured packets in the RAM file system.