Omnipeek and Wireshark are used to capture data packets that are transmitted and received by Vocera badges and access points.
It is a packet analyzer software tool that is used for network troubleshooting and protocol analysis. You can use one of the two tools to analyze your packets, test roams and data retries.
It exhibits the behavior of the badges and WLAN at the packet level. The packet analyzer is the most important among the three survey tests. This test is imperative to optimize badges and other WLAN devices. You must capture this test with a correlating Spectrum recording.
The following screenshot displays the details of the aggregator settings:
Before you begin the actual captures, configure your channels accordingly. If your channels are not configured correctly, your traces will be missing.
The following screenshot displays the details of the OmniPeek.
For more information on WildPackets OmniPeek Network Analyzer, refer to http://www.wildpackets.com/products/distributed_network_analysis/omnipeek_network_analyzer.
