Lock your sniffer to the channel of interest - do not use the sniffer's 'scan channels' mode! (With 'scan channels', the sniffer cycles from channel to channel every second or so. Step 3: Understand exactly what 802.11 Channel and Band your client device uses before setting up your capture.

You cannot take a good wireless sniffer trace if it is running on the device under test (the client machine you want to get a wireless trace of).

Step 2: Use a separate device to act as your wireless sniffer. This allows your sniffing device to capture a good approximation of what your client device hears over the air. Step 1: Since the sniffing device, client device and AP are useng RF generating radios for transmission or reception, it helps to have your wireless sniffer close to your target device (the client machine). You want to capture the raw wireless frames from over the air, as seen by the wireless sniffing device itself. With wireless sniffing, it helps to have an idea of what you want to do. There are a few things to bear in mind to help simplify and speed up this process. This process can be a difficult and time intensive operation. This document describes the process to collect a good wireless sniffer trace in order to analyze and troubleshoot 802.11 behavior.

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