公开(公告)号：US10700956B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15875902

申请日：2018-01-19

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jie Jiang ,  Vishal S. Desai ,  Kasi Nalamalapu ,  Manoj Gupta ,  Ramadhasan Thangachamy ,  Venkatesh Kanagasabapathy

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product, and method relating to identifying and configuring an access point (AP) as a network sniffer. A network controller identifies a plurality of sniffer targets for which at least one of a plurality of sniffer candidate access points an act as a network sniffer. The controller receives a desired sniffer target. The controller selects a first AP, of the plurality of sniffer candidate APs, for use as a network sniffer, based on the identified plurality of sniffer targets and the desired sniffer target. The controller configures a radio in the first AP as a network sniffer to monitor network traffic related to the desired sniffer target.