Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark, Ubuntu, and mystery UDP packets
Hi,
This has little to do with Wireshark, or VB for that matter (nice crosspost),
but with screen replication. There is some display sharing service running which
seems to multicast your screen onto the network.
Thanks,
Jaap
On 04-06-16 03:51, Stéphane Charette wrote:
> When I start Wireshark, all is fine. But when I start capturing, this creates a
> steady stream of UDP packets. As soon as I stop the capture, the stream stops.
> I've never noticed this before.
>
> The UDP stream is one directional, going to multicast address 232.9.3.115, port
> 6288. Each packet is 1328 or 1332 bytes of binary payload. The packets are
> sent at a steady rate of 5.3Mbps. The following options are *disabled* in
> wireshark:
>
> * resolve mac address
> * resolve network names
> * resolve transport names
> * promiscuous mode
>
>
> This is my normal local desktop, running 16.04, kernel 4.4.0.22-generic. Local,
> not a remote desktop. Wireshark is installed from the normal Ubuntu repo:
>
>> dpkg -l | egrep "wireshark|pcap" | grep -v "rc "
> ii libpcap0.8:amd64 1.7.4-2 amd64 system interface for
> user-level packet capture
> ii libwireshark-data 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 all network packet
> dissection library -- data files
> ii libwireshark6:amd64 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 amd64 network packet
> dissection library -- shared library
> ii wireshark 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 amd64 network traffic analyzer
> - meta-package
> ii wireshark-common 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 amd64 network traffic analyzer
> - common files
> ii wireshark-qt 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 amd64 network traffic analyzer
> - Qt version
>
> I'm at a complete loss as to why starting a packet capture on my local desktop
> is causing this mystery stream of UDP packets. I'm hoping someone can tell me
> either why, how to stop this, or can confirm the same strange behaviour.
>
> Stéphane
>
