BeNetworkCapture

http://patrick.lafarguette.free.fr/en/beos/bnc/

Introduction

BeNetworkCapture allows the capture of frames on the network.
The application supports only the wireless network drivers rt25xx and wm3b2200bg in monitor mode.

Disclaimer

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.

Installation

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.

Use

Capture

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 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 using the capture with Ethereal.

Open

The application allows reading the captures saved.

Command line

The application bnc is a command line version of BeNetworkCapture.

The parameters of the application are:

-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.

Author

This application is written by Patrick Lafarguette.
German translation is done by Andre Stark.
Feel free to email me for bug report or enhancement request.

History

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