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Packet Capture

Run ad-hoc packet capture on Wi-Fi network monitoring sensors.

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Written by Panickos Neophytou
Updated over a week ago

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Overview

Packet capture is only available for Wi-Fi sensors in the ad-hoc tab of the NetBeez dashboard. During this operation, the NetBeez sensor pauses real-time and scheduled tests for the duration of the packet capture process. At the end of the packet capture, you can download the captured frames in a pcap file for further analysis (using tools like Wireshark), while the sensor resumes its regular network monitoring operations.

Procedure

1. Navigate to the Ad-Hoc Testing tab.

2. Click on Packet Capture.

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3. Fill in the following options:

  • Source (required): The Agent that will conduct the test.

  • Test Duration: In seconds, a value between 10 and 600 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.

  • Radio Band (required): Choose between 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz.

  • Channel Width (required): Choose between 20 MHz and 40 MHz (if the radio band is set to 5 GHz, 80 MHz is an additional option for channel width).

  • Channel Selection (required): Select channels to be included in the test.

  • Channel Hopping Interval: In milliseconds, must be between 10ms and 30,000ms. The default value is the duration divided by the number of channels selected.

  • Optional CLI Parameters: Additional information for CLI parameters can be found here.

4. Click Run to run the packet capture ad-hoc test, a file will download to your computer when complete.

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