Architectures and techniques to manage resources in a wireless access point. A first set of weights is associated with connected wireless client devices. The first set of weights includes at least one weight for each of the connected wireless client devices. Space is allocated within the packet monitoring buffer to capture packet information for the connected wireless devices using the first set of weights. An indication of an event of interest is received. A second set of weights is associated with the connected wireless client devices. The second set of weights includes at least one weight for each of the connected wireless client devices in response to the indication of the event. Space is allocated within the packet monitoring buffer to capture packet information for the connected wireless devices using the second set of weights.