NETGEAR WAC510 User Manual page 113

Setting
Capture Beacons
Promiscuous Capture
Client Filter
Client Filter MAC
Address
Capture Interface
Capture Duration
(10-3600 secs)
Max. Capture File Size
(64-4096 KB)
6. To start the packet capture process, click the Start button.
If any captured packets are already stored on the access point, you are prompted to allow the packet
capture process to overwrite the old information.
7. To stop the packet capture process, click the Stop button.
8. To save the file with captured packets, do the following:
a. Click the Save button.
b. Follow the directions of your browser to save the file to your computer.
The name of the file is
9. To display the latest information on the page, click the Refresh button.
AC WiFi Business Access Point WAC510
Description
To enable the access point to capture 802.11 beacons that are transmitted or detected
by the radio, select the Enable radio button. By default, 802.11 beacons are not captured.
This setting applies only to packet capturing on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios.
To enable the access point to capture packets in promiscuous mode, select the Enable
check box. By default, promiscuous mode is disabled.
In promiscuous mode the radio or radios receive all traffic on the channel, including traffic
that is not destined for the access point. While the radio or radios are operating in
promiscuous mode, they continue to serve associated clients. Packets that are not
destined for the access point are not forwarded. When the capture process stops, the
radio or radios revert to nonpromiscuous mode.
To capture packets for a specific client only, select the Client Filter check box and enter
the client's MAC address in the Client Filter MAC Address field.
If you select the Client Filter check box, enter the client's MAC address to capture the
packets only for the specific client on the selected interface.
You must enter the MAC address in hexadecimal format with each octet separated by
a hyphen, for example 00-11-22-33-44-55.
From the Capture Interface menu, select one of the following interfaces on which packets
must be captured:
• brtunk. All packets are captured, that is, packets on the Ethernet interface, 2.4 GHz
radio, and 5 GHz radio. This is the default setting.
• Eth0. Only packets on the Ethernet interface are captured.
• radio1. Only packets on the 2.4 GHz radio are captured.
• radio2. Only packets on the 5 GHz radio are captured.
Enter the maximum duration of the capture process (that is, if you do not click the Stop
button).
The range is from 10 to 3600 seconds. By default, the maximum duration is 60 seconds.
Enter the maximum size that the file with captured packets is limited to. The range is
from 64 to 4096 KB. The default is 64 KB.
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pcap-file.tar.gz
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