On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Trevor Bosaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, > > I am currently doing research using Wireshark to detect packet data. > Up to this date I have been doing this all on a single computer. > Instead I would like to collect more 'real world' data, and receive > packets from all of the computers on my network. Is this possible? > > It is a small network, with only a single modem connected to a single > wireless router (an Airport Extreme). There are about a dozen > computers connected wirelessly to this router. > > I guess my question is, is there some way to set a computer connected > to the router or modem that can run wireshark and capture the traffic > from all of these computers on the network? I have thought of > possibly somehow connecting the modem to my computer and then my > computer to the airport extreme, and bridging the connection or > something, but I am not sure how to do this (especially since there is > only one ethernet input on the computer). > > My budget is fairly high, so if there is something else I need to > purchase to do this, that is a possibility. > > Get a switch that supports port mirroring and stick that between your modem and the router. Then you will get all the traffic between your modem and the router atleast. For all WLAN traffic ie just traffic from host to router/ap to another host, I believe you need wlan card + driver that supports monitor mode in your host, but since I never tried that, I am not 100% sure about the details. http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/WLAN -- Best regards / Mvh Jan Pedro Tumusok I know you love me And you want to be Friends And if you dont at least you need to pretend
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