Installation guide

Chapter 10
142 Sniffer Technologies
Wireless Layer Expert Detail Display for a Wireless Station
The Expert creates objects at the Wireless layer for wireless stations based on
the 802.11 traffic it observes. A separate object is created for each MAC layer
address observed (including multicast and broadcast addresses). Unlike the
DLC layer (which is concerned only with data frames for wireless stations), the
Wireless layer tracks data, control, and management 802.11 frames.
Figure 10-18 shows the Expert detail display for a wireless station at the
Wireless layer. Following the figure, each field in the detail display is
described.
Figure 10-18. Expert Detail Pane for a WLAN Station at the Wireless Layer (802.11b/g)
Traffic Statistics Table
The Traffic Statistics table counts each of the frame types listed in Table 10-13
transmitted and received by the indicated wireless station. Each frame type is
counted in a variety of different data rate categories. The available data rate
categories will vary depending on whether the indicated station is an 802.11a
or an 802.11b/g station.
 Frames sent and received by 802.11a stations will be broken out into
data rate categories between 6 Mbps and 108 Mbps.