• Wireless Analyzer Administrator Guide for Android
Logging
Logging

Logging

Use the
Logging
 feature to store packets in the packet capture (pcap) format. See Packet Capture.
To display the
Logging
screen, tap >
Logging
.
Logging Screen
  • Session Name:
     Enter a custom session name. The name is appended with date and time. For example, wa_2022‐2‐2_20‐59‐21.
  • Packet Capture Type:
     Select the category of Packet Types to be captured and stored in the sdcard. See Packet Capture for more details.
    • Management Packets:
       Select this option (default) to capture and save the device’s transmitted and received 802.11 Mgmt, plus EAP/EAPOL, DHCP, ARP, ICMP, and DNS.
    • All Packets:
       select this option, to capture and save the Management Packets, as well as all the other device’s transmitted and received 802.11-Data traffic. For example, all the device’s operating system and applications transmitted & received IP-unicast traffic data, as well as all received IP-multicast/broadcast traffic
      The
      All Packets
       selection requires a pre-provisioned password. See Configuration. In this setting, the stored packets are encrypted with the password in the sdcard.
      .
  • Capture Duration:
     Specify duration for the capture. The maximum and default is 8 hours.
  • Max Capture File Storage Duration (in days):
     Specify the maximum number of days in which the storage will hold the captured file. After that, the files will be deleted. It can be set between minimum of 1 to maximum of 10 days. The default is 3.
  • Maximum File Size:
     Enter a maximum size in megabytes for each pcap file. When the maximum size is reached, a new file is automatically created. The default is 5 MB.
  • Total Memory:
     Enter the total memory, in megabytes, allocated for all pcap files. When the limit is reached, older files are automatically deleted when new logs are saved. The default is 40 MB.
    The Total Memory parameter can be configured to any value of up to 85% of the primary storage capacity.
  • Save Configuration:
     Save the current configuration.
    The pcap files are stored in /sdcard/smu_pcap.
To Start the capture, toggle the switch next to
Logging Start/Stop
 to the Start position.
To Stop the capture, toggle the switch next to
Logging Start/Stop
 to the Stop position.
If the selected Packet Capture Type is
Management Packets
, when toggling to start, the capture will start per the settings.
If the selected Packet Capture Type is
All Packets
, when toggling to start, enter the pre-provisioned encryption password in the text box.