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What procedure do I follow to capture Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) using Wireshark?

If you're talking about an IEEE 802.15.6 BAN, then the first few steps of the procedure are:

1. get a linktype value assigned to 802.15.6 for use in pcap and pcapng files;
2. find a device capable of capturing 802.15.6 traffic;
3. write software that either 1) supports that device in libpcap, 2) writes pcap or pcapng files as an extcap module, or 3) writes pcap or pcapng files as a stand-alone program;
4. write a dissector for IEEE 802.15.6 and submit it for inclusion in Wireshark.

I.e., there's no procedure you can use with the existing Wireshark; Wireshark, and possibly other software, will need to be extended to handle it.

What procedure do I follow to capture Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) using Wireshark?

If you're talking about an IEEE 802.15.6 BAN, then the first few steps of the procedure are:

1. get a linktype value assigned to 802.15.6 for use in pcap and pcapng files;
2. find a device capable of capturing 802.15.6 traffic;
3. write software that either 1) either
   1. supports that device in libpcap, 2) libpcap
   2. writes pcap or pcapng files as an extcap module, or 3)
   3. writes pcap or pcapng files as a stand-alone program;
4. write a dissector for IEEE 802.15.6 and submit it for inclusion in Wireshark.

I.e., there's no procedure you can use with the existing Wireshark; Wireshark, and possibly other software, will need to be extended to handle it.