Local Packet Capture - Cisco WAP551 Administration Manual

Administration
Packet Capture
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Cisco Small Business WAP551 and WAP561 Wireless-N Access Point
• 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

Local Packet Capture
To initiate a local packet capture:
Ensure that Local File is selected for the Packet Capture Method.
Configure these parameters:
• Capture Interface—Enter a capture interface type for packet capture:
- radio1—802.11 traffic on the radio interfaceRadio 1.
- radio2—802.11 traffic on Radio 2 (WAP561 only).
- eth0—802.3 traffic on the Ethernet port.
- VAP0 or WLAN0:VAP0—VAP0 traffic. For WAP561, this shows as
WLAN0:VAP0, where WLAN0 represents Radio 1.
- WLAN1:VAP0—VAP0 traffic on Radio 2 (for WAP561 devices only).
- VAP1 to VAP15, if configured—Traffic on the specified VAP. For WAP561, the
interface names are preceded by WLAN0: or WLAN1:, where WLAN0 represents
Radio 1 and WLAN1 represents Radio 2.
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