BeNetworkCapture allows the capture of frames on the network.
The application supports only the wireless network drivers rt25xx and wm3b2200bg in monitor mode.
The most recent version from December 22, 2005 is BeNetworkCapture-0.0.4-x86.
The german translation of the documentation supplied with this application is done by Andre Stark.

This application is copyrighted © 2005 by Patrick Lafarguette. All Rights Reserved.
Some portions of code are copyrighted © by Be Incorporated.
No warranty.
Use at your own risk.

The application is installed in the /boot/apps/BeNetworkCapture folder.

1. Drag the folder BeNetworkCapture in the folder named drop BeNetworkCapture here.
2. Drag the file bnc in the folder named drop bnc here.

Capture

• Select Start in the menu Capture.
• Select in the list Device the network device to use for the capture and click on the button Start.
  
  The check box Scroll in view allows indicating to the application to show automatically the last captured frame.

Warning: the device used must be configured in monitor mode, mode 2 in the device configuration file.

If the device is already used, the application shows an error message.

To stop the capture, select Stop in the menu Capture.

Analysis

During the capture, the frames are analyzed and shown in a list.

The shown information is:

• The number of the frame,
• The time elapsed in seconds since the reception of the first frame,
• The address of the sender of the frame,
• The address of the receiver of the frame,
• The type of the frame,
• Other information.

The analysis is done by add-ons.
The add-on 802.11 analyzes the frames of the IEEE 802.11 wireless networks.

Save

The captured frames can be recorded in a PCAP format file. It allows analysis the capture with Ethereal.

• Select Save as in the menu File.
• Enter a file name and click on the button Save.
  

Open

The application allows reading the captures saved.

• Select Open in the menu File.
• Select the capture file to read and click on the button Open.
  

Command line

The application bnc is a command line version of BeNetworkCapture.

The parameters of the application are:

Parameter	Description
-d device	Specify the network device to use
-f file	Specify the name of the capture file
-v	Indicate to the application to show the frames content

The different published versions of the application are presented in the next table.

Version	Date	Details
0.0.4	12/22/2005	First public release GUI and CLI application Basic IEEE 802.11 analyzer rt25xx and wm3b2200bg drivers support