Cisco WAP371 Administration Manual page 46

Administration
Packet Capture
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Cisco Small Business WAP371 Wireless Access Point Administration Guide
Configure these parameters:
• Capture Beacons—Enables or disables the capturing of 802.11 beacons detected or
transmitted by the radio.
• Promiscuous Capture—Enables or disables 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 WAP device. While the radio is operating in promiscuous mode,
it continues serving associated clients. Packets not destined to the WAP device are not
forwarded.
As soon as the capture is completed, the radio reverts to nonpromiscuous mode
operation.
• Radio Client Filter—Enables or disables 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—Specifies the MAC address for WLAN client filtering.
The MAC filter is active only when a capture is performed on an 802.11
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interface.
• Packet Capture Method—Select one of these options:
- Local File—Captured packets are stored in a file on the WAP device.
- Remote—Captured packets are redirected in real time to an external computer
running the Wireshark tool.
Depending on the selected method, refer to the steps in the Local Packet Capture or Remote
Packet Capture section to continue.
Changes to packet capture configuration parameters take affect after packet capture is restarted.
Modifying the parameters while the packet capture is running does not affect the current packet
capture session. To begin using new parameter values, an existing packet capture session must
be stopped and restarted.
Local Packet Capture
To initiate a local packet capture:
Ensure that Local File is selected for the Packet Capture Method.
Configure these parameters:
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