Start Live Capture

An ExtremeWireless access point (AP) can capture wired and wireless traffic and forward it to a remote Wireshark application. This feature, called Live Capture, must be enabled on the AP using ExtremeCloud.

  1. Make sure that the Wireshark application is running on a host that has access to the capturing AP's wired Ethernet interface. Wireshark must be configured to capture packets from a remote interface. Consult Wireshark documentation to configure the application to listen on a Remote Interface.
  2. From the left menu, select Configure > Devices > Access Points.
  3. Select the ExtremeWireless capturing AP from the list of devices.
    The individual AP page opens.
  4. Select Configure AP > Advanced.
  5. In the Timeout field, specify a timeout duration, and then select Live Capture.
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    AP Advanced Settings
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    A message displays stating that Live Capture has started.