Omnipeek and the Capture Engines calculate a variety of key statistics in real time and present these statistics in intuitive graphical displays. You can save, copy, print, or automatically generate periodic reports on these statistics in a variety of formats. (Please refer to the Omnipeek User Guide or online help for information on generating statistics reports.)
Capture Window Statistics
Omnipeek and Capture Engine capture windows provide the following statistics views: Summary, Nodes, Protocols, Applications, and Countries (and, when an 802.11 adapter is selected), WLAN, Channels, and Signal.
This section introduces the features in the Nodes and WLAN views of capture windows.
The Nodes View
Node statistics display real-time data organized by network node. You can view Node statistics in a hierarchical view or in a variety of flat views. Node statistics are available for the entire network and for a capture window.
To view Node statistics for a capture window, select Nodes in the navigation pane of a capture window.
The WLAN View
When a supported wireless adapter is selected as the capture adapter, WLAN statistics are available for a capture window. To view WLAN statistics for a capture window, select WLAN in the navigation pane of a capture window.
The Node Type drop-down list lets you limit the display to selected nodes (All Nodes, Clients, Access Points, ESSID, Ad Hoc, Admin, Unknown, and Channels). When the WLAN hierarchy view is broken out by channels, the root branches of the tree are channels numbers, with individual WLAN hierarchy views underneath it (ESSID, BSSID, nodes, etc).
The Color globes identify each node by color:
- Blue: ESSID
- Pink: AP (access point) or Ad Hoc equivalent
- Orange: STA or client
- Gray: Admin or otherwise unknown
- Gray with (?): Indications for a particular node are contradictory or unexpected.