User`s guide

The following will outline the usage features of Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™. It assumes

you have Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™ installed and working properly (i.e., with the correct

drivers).

To use Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™, locate the MobileSniffer icon in your start menu and

select it. After clicking it, you will see an adapter selection screen listing the network adapters

that are installed on your pocket PC. Select the appropriate adapter from the list, and click [OK].

At this point you are actively sniffing and you could soon see collected packets begin to appear

on the screen.

3.1.5 Menus

Airscanner Mobile Sniffer™ is laid out in a functional and logical format. There are two

menu options on the menu bar at the bottom of the pocket PC window, which also includes a

[Play] button and a [Stop] button. The following will include a break down of the menu options

and what they are used for.

3.1.5.1 Options Menu

This menu is used to control and set the various operational configurations. Included are

filter settings, buffer sizes, and capture mode.

Clear View on Start Capture

This option determines whether or not you want the screen to append new captured data to

existing information or if you want the screen to clear before listing any new packets. If

selected, your screen will clear, which could erase information you wanted to review. This

option was included to let you make the decision if you wanted the old data erased or not. It is

set by default to clear the screen at the start of each capture session.

Promiscuous Mode

A sniffer can operate in two different modes: promiscuous or non-promiscuous (see the