Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Host Table Counters for Wireless Networks
Monitoring Your Network
In addition to the standard Host Table features available for all
networks, Sniffer Portable Professional provides counters specifically for
MAC-layer wireless stations in the 802.11 tab.
Display the Host Table’s 802.11 tab by clicking it at the bottom of the
Host Table window. For each MAC-layer wireless station detected on the
network, the 802.11 tab provides the statistics listed and described in
Table 5-6.
In addition, you can click the Access Point button to zoom in on
access points only. See Viewing Access Points Only on page 88 for
information on the counts in the Access Points view.
Table 5-6. Host Table Counters in the 802.11 Tab (1 of 3)
Counter Description
HwAddr The hardware address for this station.
Type The type of station. Station types include:
• AP. Access Point.
• STA. Wireless Station.
Status The Status column lets you monitor
Known, Rogue, and Neighbor stations in
your WLAN. It appears whenever Enable
Rogue AP Lookup and/or Enable Rogue
Mobile Unit Lookup is turned on in either
Tools > Wireless > Rogue or Tools >
Expert Options > 802.11 Options.
As you use the Host Table, you can flag a
wireless entity as either Known or
Neighbor by checking its box in the
leftmost # column, right-clicking, and
selecting either Add to Wireless Units List
as Known or Add to Wireless Units List
as Neighbor. The value you assign will
appear in the Status column, helping you
keep track of unknown entities on your
WLAN. See Adding Known Addresses to the
List on page 141 for information on the
different ways you can automatically add
addresses to the list of known units, how
rogues are flagged in Sniffer Portable
Professional displays, and so on.
BSSID The Basic Service Set ID associated with this
station.
ESSID The Extended Service Set ID associated with
this station.
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