🦈Wireshark 3.x

To capture wireless frames in Windows via the WLAN Pi, we'll need to install three components on our Windows machine:

• Wireshark 3.x

• Python scripting language

• A python script named "wlan-extcap"

Note that as the Python language is not installed by default within Windows, we have to install it to run the wlan-extcap script.

An important point to note is that even if you already have Wireshark installed, you'll need to uninstall and re-install it, as there is a specific Wireshark module (sshdump) that also needs to be included at install time. This is not a default module, so it's likely that your Wireshark installation does not include this module.

We'll cover the steps required in detail in the next section, but here is a summary for reference:

• Install Wireshark 3.x, selecting the SSH dump module during installation. This allows capture via SSH.

  • If Wireshark is already installed, uninstall and re-install with the sshdump modue selected

• Install Python if not already installed on your Windows machine

• Download and install the wlan-extcap script

Once these steps have been completed, you'll be able to capture wireless frames using the Wireshark UI to initiate a capture via your WLAN Pi.

Please checkout the next section for details on each of these steps.