Here are some of the noteworthy features of Wireshark 1.12.6. On June 16 th 2015, latest version Wireshark 1.12.6 has been released, we will be reviewing its prominent features and installation process in this article. For Network, System and Data Center Administrators, this is a must have utility. It can capture network traffic to specific devices and network interfaces and can save the captured traffic to various formats for analysis and troubleshoot of network releted problems.

The reason for the popularity of this tool over others of this sort, is that it offers graphical interface to view and analyze network results so it’s easy to use. Originally called Ethereal, it was renamed to Wireshark in 2006 due to some trademark issues, the tiny application is one of the most useful utility when troubleshooting network problems. MySensors) require a separate dissector.Wireshark is a cross platform, open source, network analyzer. Protocols which use the nRF24 as transport layer (e.g.

Wireshark will be extended with one or more plugins (called dissectors, currently only precompiled for Windows) which recognize the nRF24 packet format and take it apart.

Wireshark to visualize the captured packets, filter them and gather statistics.

Wireshark will be instructed to capture from this named pipe (too bad it cannot capture directly from a serial connection).

The packets received are forwarded in libpcap-format to a named pipe. Console application 'Nrf24Sniff.exe' (currently only Windows) which sends configuration data to the Arduino sketch and reads captured packets from the sketch, using a serial connection.

It keeps track of the number of lost messages, when the buffer is full. The messages are buffered in the Atmega328 and sent to the host over a serial connection. It determines the actual payload size for each message and adds a microsecond-resolution timestamp. Sketch running on the Arduino: configures the nRF24 radio and reads any messages received using SPI.

Download wireshark 1.12.1