How To Use Wireshark To Capture Packets

Wireshark lets you capture each of these packets and inspect them for data.

How to use wireshark to capture packets. If we want to capture the network traffic on our wireless lan. Wireshark lets you listen to a live network after you establish a connection to it and capture and inspect packets on the fly. For example if you want to capture traffic on your wireless network click your wireless interface. Wireshark to a network engineer is similar to a microscope for a biologist. As a network engineer or ethical hacker you can use wireshark to debug and secure your networks.

Select one or more of networks go to the menu bar then select capture. Let us take an example. In the wireshark capture interfaces window select start. To select multiple networks hold the shift key as you make your selection. Just download wireshark and install it.

To begin capturing packets with wireshark.