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Wireless Guide 145
Advanced Features for Wireless Analysis
Station Function The function of this station, as learned by the
Expert. Possible functions include Mobile Unit,
Workstation, Access Point, Broadcast, and
Multicast.
Frame Type The type of frames seen transmitted by this
station. For the Wireless layer, this will indicate
whether the frames seen were 802.11a,
802.11b/g, and so on.
Channel The channel on which this wireless station was
seen.
• For wireless stations, this will be the
channel on which the Expert was capturing.
• For access points, this will be the value
seen for the DS Parameter Set information
element inside Beacon and Probe
Response frames.
Network Type The type of network to which this station
belongs. Possible types include:
• Infrastructure - part of an extended service
set network, with access to a distribution
system.
• IBSS - Independent Basic Service Set - a
self-contained network with no access to a
distribution system.
BSSID The Basic Service Set ID used by this station
for communications on this channel.
This field will be blank for objects created for
multicast/broadcast transmissions.
SSID The Service Set Identifier used by this station, if
known.
This field will be blank for objects created for
multicast/broadcast transmissions.
Table 10-14. Counters in the Station Identity Table (2 of 2)
Counter Description