Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Introducing Sniffer Portable Professional
Sniffer Portable Professional Features for
Wireless Networks
Sniffer Portable Professional includes many features specifically for
802.11 wireless networks, as summarized in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2. Features for Wireless Networks
Feature See this topic:
Different wireless LAN frame type counters are included in
the Dashboard.
The Monitor's Host Table includes an 802.11 tab with
entries for all detected wireless stations. Each station is
listed with several wireless LAN-specific counters.
The Monitor’s Host Table includes a zoomed view for
Access Points only.
Rogue identication is included in both Host Table and
Expert displays.
The Monitor's Global Statistics application includes a
Topology Surfing tab with statistics for each wireless
channel selected for monitoring.
The Matrix, Host Table, and Protocol Distribution
post-analysis tabs in the Display window each include
802.11 views, allowing you to focus specifically on 802.11
statistics for wireless stations.
The postcapture Statistics tab in the Display window
includes multiple wireless-specific statistics.
The Advanced tab in the Define Filter dialog box
includes wireless LAN packet types on which you can filter
(such as PLCP Errors and WEP-ICV Errors).
The 802.11 tab in the Define Filter dialog box allows you
to filter on packets seen on a channel to which they do not
belong, packets matching different speeds, or packets
seen on a particular channel.
Sniffer Portable Professional can perform both WPA/WPA2
and WEP decryption both during capture if the keys are
specified in the Tools > Wireless > Decryption dialog
box and after capture using the Wireless Decryption
option in the Decode tab's context menu.
Dashboard Counters for Wireless
Networks on page 75
Host Table Counters for Wireless
Networks on page 85
Viewing Access Points Only on page
88
Identifying Rogue Hosts on the
Wireless Network on page 91
The Global Statistics > Topology
Surfing Tab on page 117
Monitor Applications and Toolbar on
page 71
Postcapture Statistics Tab on page
210
Setting Filter Options in the Advanced
Tab on page 235
Setting Filter Options in the 802.11
Tab on page 238
• Configuring Wireless Encryption
Settings on page 56
• Postcapture 802.11 Decryption
on page 199
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