
Protocol and Channel Selection - Select the frequency band and channels that you want to troubleshoot.Packet Types - Select the type of packets that you want to capture, including data frames and management frames types.Only packets for the selected Client : Capture only packets from the selected client.All packets on the channel: Capture all packets from all clients visible to the selected AP.Traffic Selection - The type of traffic utilized for troubleshooting:.Wireless Settings - Edit advanced wireless settings.

For example, Packet_wireless_143438.pcap, where "Packet" is the file prefix. Filename Prefix - Specify the prefix for the filename.Wireshark on local machine: Open the packet trace with Wireshark during the ongoing capture process.Upload to server: Captures the packet trace to a file that you can view after the entire packet capture process is complete.Streaming Option - Specify the type of packet capture to be used:.Timeout - The time interval in minutes for the packet trace capture.AP - Select the AP seeing this client that will perform the packet trace.From the Capture tab in the Capture Packet Trace dialog box, configure these options:.You can also select Monitor > WiFi > Clients, right-click on a client, then select Capture Packet Trace. Select Troubleshoot > Capture Packet Trace, then search for a device by IP or MAC address.For more information, see Auto Packet Trace and Client Connection Logs. If you have enabled Auto Packet Trace, see the Client Connection Logs in Discover for a specific client to view the list of packet capture files.

You can inspect these packets with tools such as Wireshark to help diagnose and resolve wireless network issues.Īutomatic packet captures are not shown on this page. The captured packet data is stored temporarily for analysis.

Use the Capture Packet Trace feature to intercept data packets between wireless clients and APs.
