The benefit of using the Jetson Nano (and the Intel AX200 Wi-Fi card) to perform 802.11ax packet capture is that you get a lot more information in the RadioTap Header you get.
The benefit of doing it remotely is that you never need to directly interact with the Jetson Nano OS (no need for keyboards, screens nor mouses)
To make it work, I received help from a couple of talented guys:
They pretty much found the solutions, I was just the one implementing it ;)
Hardware Requirements
- A Nvidia Jetson Nano
- An Intel AX200 802.11ax Wi-Fi card
- Dual band antennas (Here is the one I use)
- OPTIONAL: A case for the Jetson Nano (Here is the one I use)
Initial Setup of the Jetson Nano
Initial Wireshark Configurations (On your laptop)
- Establish a SSH connection between your laptop and the Jetson Nano
- Run a tcpdump remotely on the Jetson Nano
- Stream the packets back to your laptop
Thankfully for us, Wireshark has a plugin you can install to make it work. It is called SSHdump. You need to make sure that it is checked when you install Wireshark (Under the "Tool" section) (especially when you install Wireshark on Windows).
Capture Time!
Note: You will have to re-enter your password every time you want to do a packet capture.
Additional Resources
- Remote Wireless Capturing with a Jetson Nano from Gjermund Raaen: https://gjermundraaen.com/2019/10/01/remote-wireless-capturing-with-a-jetson-nano/
- Capturing 802.11ax with jetson nano from Gjermund Raaen: https://gjermundraaen.com/2019/09/25/capturing-802-11ax-with-jetson-nano/
- Using the WLAN Pi to scan for networks in WiFi Explorer Pro from Adrian Granados: https://www.adriangranados.com/blog/wlanpi-as-a-sensor
- You too can have a sub-$200 802.11ax client from John Kilpatrick: http://wifi.hypergeek.net/you-too-can-have-a-sub-200-11ax-client/
- How to setup Wi-Fi 6 sniffer Wireshark in Ubuntu from Tiger Lee: https://wifilogic.wordpress.com/2019/09/21/how-to-setup-wifi6-sniffer-in-ubuntu/
- The State of Wi-Fi 6 in Practise (WLPC EU Presentation): https://www.cleartosend.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Wi-Fi6_in_the_real_world_wlpc_prague_2019.pdf