Quick Reference Guide

Troubleshooting
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ProSafe Premium 3 x 3 Dual-Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP660
Use the Packet Capture Tool
You can capture wireless packets to analyze traffic patterns with a network traffic analyzer
tool. The captured packet flow can show if traffic is flowing correctly to its destinations or if
packets are dropped. There is a limit to the size of the packet flow that you can capture in a
file.
 To capture packets:
1. Select Monitoring >
Packet Capture. The Packet Capture screen displays:
Figure 76.
2. Click Start to start capturing wireless packets leaving or entering the wireless access point
on the active operating channel. Packets on the 2.4 GHz interface and 5 GHz interface are
captured. Normal functioning of the wireless access point is not affected during the packet
capture process.
If any previously captured packets exist, you ar
e prompted to delete them, and only then
can you capture new packets.
3. Click Stop t
o stop capturing packets.
4. Click Save as to
save the pacture.pcap file on your computer or to a disk drive.