Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Capture packet from remote device
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From: "Gopalakrishnan A.N" <saigop@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 20:41:48 +0530
Ok, so I can capture a traffic of Host B from Host A in a same network connected with switch by viewing the diagram in the provided link.

Can you please let me know how to do this...like do I need to give the Host B MAC address or IP address in Host A or any thing else...



On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 06:09:08PM +0530, Gopalakrishnan A.N wrote:

> The traffic flows between SPA3102 and other SPA3102 and my computer is
> in the same network... from my computer's wireshark is it possible to
> capture the packets of both the SPA3102 device which is in the same
> network.

Generally, no, because switches do not flood unneeded traffic (that
which is not destined for the machine on that port) out all ports like a
hub does.  This page should be of help to you:

       http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Ethernet

Along with the main capture setup page:

       http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup

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Thank you  with regards,
Gopalakrishnan A.N,