<varlistentry><term><command>IP</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The first IP address Wireshark could resolve from this interface.
- If no address could be resolved (e.g. no DHCP server available),
- "unknown" will be displayed. If more than one IP address could be
- resolved, only the first is shown (unpredictable which one in that
- case).
+ The first IP address Wireshark could find for this interface.
+ You can click on the address to cycle through other addresses
+ assigned to it, if available.
+ If no address could be found "unknown" will be displayed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><command>Remote setting (Windows only)</command></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Wireless settings (Windows only)</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Here you can set the settings for wireless capture using the AirPCap adapter.
+ For a detailed description, see the AirPCap Users Guide.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>Remote settings (Windows only)</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Here you can set the settings for remote capture.
For a detailed description, see <xref linkend="ChCapInterfaceRemoteSection"/>
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><command>Buffer size: n megabyte(s)</command></term>
<listitem>
they are written to disk. If you encounter packet drops, try
increasing this value.
</para>
- <note>
- <title>Note</title>
- <para>This option is only available on Windows platforms.</para>
- </note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>Capture packets in monitor mode (Unix/Linux only)</command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This checkbox allows you to setup the Wireless interface to capture
+ all traffic it can recieve, not just the traffic on the BSS to which
+ it is associated, which can happen even when you set promiscuous mode.
+ Also it might be necessary to turn this option on in order to see
+ IEEE 802.11 headers and/or radio information from the captured frames.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Note</title>
+ <para>
+ In monitor mode the adapter might disassociate itself from the network
+ it was associated to.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Capture packets in pcap-ng format</command>