I have Wireshark installed on a windows 7 computer in my home network. Is there a way to monitor the traffic coming from an Apple computer on the same network? asked 26 Aug '15, 11:08  Ulman Zittof |
One Answer:
Wireshark can only capture the traffic that flows through the network interfaces in the capture machine. If the devices in your home network are connected via WiFi, then you could capture that traffic using monitor mode, but unfortunately Windows (of any variety) is not a good platform for WiFi capture due to driver issues. You could possibly capture on the router through which all traffic would normally flow in a home network, however most home routers are not able to capture traffic with the standard firmware, although some alternative firmwares do offer this capability. See the wiki page on Capture Setup for a starter on capturing traffic, along with its sub-pages for specific network types. answered 26 Aug '15, 12:05  grahamb ♦ |
Thank you very much. Just one more question, would Ubuntu (or any other Linux platform)be better than Windows? Thanks in advance
Probably, see the wiki page on WLAN capture setup.