H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches - Manual (Page 203)

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Displaying and maintaining WLAN sniffer
Task Command Remarks
Display information about WLAN
sniffer enabled APs.
display wlan capture [ | { begin |
exclude | include }
regular-expression ]
Available in any view
WLAN sniffer configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in Figure 97 , on the AC, enable WLAN sniffer for an AP to capture wireless packets.
Figure 97 Network diagram
Configuration procedure
NOTE:
To enable WLAN sniffer on a radio, the AP must operate in normal mode and must be in Run state, and
the working channel of the radio must be manually specified. The working channel for WLAN sniffer in
this example is 11.
1. Configure the WLAN sniffer function:
# Enable WLAN sniffer on Radio 2 of the AP named captureap.
<AC> system-view
[AC] wlan capture start ap captureap radio 2
2. Verify the configuration:
# Display information about the AP that is capturing packets. The output shows that Radio 2 on the
AP is capturing packets.
[AC] display wlan capture
WLAN Capture
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AP : captureap
Radio : 2