Live View Filters

You can limit what you see in Live View through the use of filters. Select File > Edit Filters or click the Filter button to display the Live View Filter pop-up window.

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Frames may be filtered by any of the following methods:

Method Description

Devices

To filter Live View frames by devices, go to the Devices tab and check Filter frames by device. Select any of the following conditions:

  • Any Address
  • Source
  • Destination
  • BSSID
  • A1 (RX)
  • A2 (TX)
  • A3
  • A4

For every condition that you select, you must specify a MAC address. You have the option of displaying frames that match all of the selected conditions or displaying frames that match any of the selected conditions.

Frame Type

To filter by frame types, go to the Frame Type tab and check Filter frames by frame type. Then deselect any frame type that you do not want to display. You may filter out a whole category (Control, Management, or Data) or any of the sub-categories.

Signal Filters

To filter by signal strength, go to the Signal tab and check Filter frames by signal strength. Enter the minimum signal strength in dBm and the maximum signal strength in dBm. Live View will display only the signals within the specified range.

Channel Filters

To filter by channels, go to the Channels tab and check Filter frames by channel. Deselect the channels that you do not want to display. You may filter out a whole category of channels or individual channels.

Rates Filters

To filter by transmission rate, go to the Rates tab and check Filter frames by rate. Deselect any rate that you do not want to display.

MCS Indices

To filter by MCS Indices, go to the MCS Indices tab and check Filter frames by MCS Index. Deselect any index that you do not want to display.

Data Filters

To filter by data type, go to the Data tab and check Filter frames by data. Deselect any of the encryption types that you do not want to display and deselect any of the ether types that you do not want to display.

Other

To filter by other, go to the Other tab and check Filter frames by other. Enter the Mac address of the sensor you wish to filter by.

When you have set your filter criteria, click OK to save.