Network Instruments Observer User Manual Addendum page 11

The configuration options are described below:
Option
Site Profiles
Monitor Traffic By
WEP Encryption
Antenna to use
Description
Site Profiles let mobile users save and retrieve wireless parameters,
rather than re-keying the parameters every time you change sites.
Choose the method to monitor traffic. The three available methods
are as follows (choose one):
Channel Specify a channel to monitor.
BSSID Specify the Basic Service Set ID of the Access
Point you want to monitor.
ESSID Specify the Extended Service Set ID of the net-
work you want to monitor.
Scan Chan- (Only available if you have chosen to monitor by
nels Channel) Scan the selected channels. To select
channels to scan, click Channel Map...
Choose Wireless Equivalency Privacy encryption settings. To use
WEP, check the "Use WEP keys to decrypt wireless traffic" checkbox
and click Edit WEP Keys... to enter the appropriate encryption keys.
Specify the type of antenna connected to your system:
Antenna Use the stronger signal from the two antenna
Diversity ports. This is the recommended setting for the
standard snap-on antenna.
Primary If you are not using the standard snap on antenna,
Antenna choose this option if the antenna you are using is
Only connected to the primary antenna port (see your
NIC manual for details).
If you are not using the standard snap on antenna,
choose this option if the antenna you are using is
Secondary connected to the secondary antenna port (see
Antenna your NIC manual for details).
Only
Configuring Observer for Wireless Operation
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