
Note that in Wireshark, display and capture filter syntax are completely different. In this video, I review the two most common filters in Wireshark. -w − write the output to the file mycapture identifier.One of the keys to being an effective network troubleshooter when using a protocol analyzer is the ability to see patterns, which is where filters come into play.-b files: − the number of files to capture before overwriting the oldest.-b filesize: − file size in kB before starting a new.-i − interface number (listed from dumpcap -D).# dumpcap -i 1 -b filesize:100000 -b files:20 -w mycapture.pcapng

pcap files of 100MB each, replacing the oldest file with the twenty-first file and so on… This allows a continuous capture without exhausting disk space. The following example will provide a ringbuffer capture. To see all dumpcap options, use the -h flag. Used in combination with tmux will allow the capture of packets in a detached session. Tcp.port=80||tcp.port=3306||tcp.port=443ĭumpcap is part of Wireshark and can be used for capturing packets without the GUI.

This will filter traffic within any of the private network spaces. To only see LAN traffic and no internet traffic, run If you would like to see all the incoming and outgoing traffic for a specific address, enter display filter ip.addr = 1.2.3.4, replacing 1.2.3.4 with the relevant IP address.Įxclude packets from a specific IP address ip.addr != 1.2.3.4.

