Moxa Technologies AirWorks AWK-1131A - Operation Mode

AirWorks AWK-1131A Web Console Configuration
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Operation Mode
The AWK-1131A supports three operation modes—AP, Client, and Sniffer—each of which plays a distinct role
on the wireless network.
Wireless enable
Setting Description Factory Default
Enable/Disable The radio frequency (RF)
module can be manually turned on or
off.
Enable
Operation mode
Setting Description Factory Default
AP The AWK-1131A plays the role of a wireless access point AP
Client The AWK-1131A plays the role of wireless Client
Sniffer Turns the device into a remote Wireshark interface to capture
802.11 packets for analysis.
Sniffer mode instructions:
1. Set operation mode to Sniffer mode on the AWK-1131A and then save/reboot the device.
2. Connect the AWK-1131A to a laptop with Wireshark installed (v1.12.0 or later release) via Ethernet.
3. Add a remote interface by entering the IP address of the AWK-1131A.
Detailed Wireshark instructions can be found at:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChCapInterfaceRemoteSection.html
4. Start capturing 802.11 wireless packets with Wireshark.