Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] how to capture tinyos packets with wireshark?
From: Eduard GV <eduardgv@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:30:30 +0200
I think the key is serial forwarder (sf), an utility that is included
with the tinyOS package. this app allows a PC with an 802.15.4 USB
dongle to behave like some sort of TCP/IP<-->802.15.4 gateway. Data
sent to sf is forwarded via 15.4 radio, and 15.4 frames received by
the radio are encapsulated within TCP/IP packets. This TCP packets
could be forwarded to any host running hostap

Hope this helps

2010/8/18 Hamidreza Ghafghazi <hamidreza.ghafghazi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> dear sake,
> Actually TinyOS is an OS for Sensor motes and communicate via wireless link
> which the protocol is 802.15.4
> In addition, nodes should be connected to PC with USB port but the problem
> is Wireshark cannot detect it since it uses different packet format.
> I have search a lot and have found out that I need to use socket programming
> to connect TinyOS to a socket and then to Wireshark.If you have any idea I
> will appreciate any help.
> Thank you in advanced for your time
> Best regard,
> Hamidreza
>
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 18 aug 2010, at 08:48, Hamidreza Ghafghazi wrote:
>>
>> > I have been using tinyos and need to capture its packet info for further
>> > analysis. I found out that wireshark is so great and powerful so  I
>> > installed it on ubuntu. the problem however is that I cannot capture tinyos
>> > packets because the packet is not an IP one. So I am wondering how is it
>> > possible to do that.
>>
>> Wireshark supports many quite a few non-IP protocols. I have checked the
>> tinyos website for a bit, but I can't seem to quickly find any information
>> on the way tinyos systems communicate.
>>
>> Could you tell over what kind of link tinyos communicates (Ethernet,
>> Serial, USB, etc)? Do you know what kind of protocol is spoken over the link
>> or do you have a link to more information on the used protocols?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Sake
>>
>>
>>
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