AirWorks AWK-1131A
Web Console Configuration
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Operation Mode
The AWK-1131A supports three operation modes—AP, Client, and Sniffer—each of which plays a distinct role
on the wireless network.
Wireless enable
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Enable/Disable
The radio frequency (RF) module can be manually turned on or
off.
Enable
Operation mode
Setting
Description
Factory Default
AP
The AWK-1131A plays the role of a wireless access point
AP
Client
The AWK-1131A plays the role of wireless Client
Sniffer
Turns the device into a remote Wireshark interface to capture
802.11 packets for analysis.
Sniffer mode instructions:
1.
Set operation mode to Sniffer mode on the AWK-1131A and then save/reboot the device.
2.
Connect the AWK-1131A to a laptop with Wireshark installed (v1.12.0 or later release) via Ethernet.
3.
Add a remote interface by entering the IP address of the AWK-1131A.
Detailed Wireshark instructions can be found at:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChCapInterfaceRemoteSection.html
4.
Start capturing 802.11 wireless packets with Wireshark.