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Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.1 CLI | Reference Guide pcap | 421
Syntax
Usage Guidelines
These commands direct an Dell air monitor to send packet captures to the Wildpacket’s AiroPeek monitoring
application on a remote client. The AiroPeek application listens for packets sent by the air monitor.
Parameter Description
raw-start Stream raw packets to an external viewer.
<ipaddr> IP address of the air monitor collecting packets.
<target-ipaddr> IP address of the client station running Wildpacket’s AiroPeek monitoring application.
<target-port> UDP port number on the client station where the captured packets are sent.
<format> Specify a number to indicate one of the following formats for captured packets:
0 : pcap
1 : peek
2 : airmagnet
3 : pcap+radio header
4 : ppi
bssid (Optional) BSSID of the Air Monitor interface for the PCAP session.
<bssid> BSSID of the Air Monitor Interface, which is usually its MAC address.
channel (Optional) Number of a radio channel to tune into to capture packets
maxlen (Optional) Limit the length of 802.11 frames to include in the capture to a specified maximum.
<maxlen> (Optional) Maximum number of packets to be captured.
interactive Start an interactive packet capture session.
<am-ip> IP address of the air monitor collecting packets.
<filter-spec> Packet Capture filter specification.
<target-ipaddr> IP Address of host to which the frames should be sent
<target-port> UDP Port Number to which the frames should be sent
bssid (Optional) Specify the BSSID of the Air Monitor interface for the PCAP session.
<bssid> BSSID of the Air Monitor Interface, which is usually its MAC address.
channel (Optional) Number of a radio channel to tune into to capture packets
clear Clears the packet capture session.
pause Pause a packet capture session.
resume Resume a packet capture session.
start Start a new packet capture session.
stop Stop a packet capture session.
<am-ip> IP address of the air monitor collecting packets.
<id> ID of the PCAP session.
bssid (Optional) Specify the BSSID of the Air Monitor interface for the PCAP session.
<bssid> BSSID of the Air Monitor Interface, which is usually its MAC address.