Can inSSIDer playback a saved pcap file?
Can the user adjust the playback speed, skip forward or go back?
Can the user drill down during playback?
During playback I’ve seen a short segment of a recording over several hours, which during a 10 minute window shows there had been a signal. The progress bar goes from left to right once.
I seem to have a Wi-Fi signal from an unknown source in my house that appears only for brief intervals and wondered if saving a pcap file over a period of several hours might allow me to examine this signal via playback in inSSIDer and determine any information about any clients. I’ve not been able to catch it in realtime using inSSIDer, because the signal is gone before I can examine it.
Any recommendationof a tool to read a pcap file? (preferable free)
I downloaded Pcap Analyzer and JRE, but the Pcap Analyzer jar file is not executing - temporarily opens a window but exits immediately.
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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 found in my saved pcap file:
Frame: Number = 1335679, Captured Frame Length = 275, MediaType = Unhandled Media Type 57471
The only differences I saw in the frame list were truncated frames.
I can’t make any sense out of the frame hex data.
I guess that means data is being sent, but I have no clue as to what the data is or anything else about the traffic on this wireless network.
Wireshark did a better job with my saved pcap files.
While I thought I was capturing only traffic from 1 SSID, not so. In fact, Wireshark did not find that SSID in the file.
None of my pcap files collected to date contain that SSID.
I’m here to clear yoyr pcap file issue shortly. I hope it will fix your issue.
To capture PCAP files you need to use a packet sniffer. A packet sniffer captures packets and presents them in a way that’s easy to understand. When using a PCAP sniffer the first thing you need to do is identify what interface you want to sniff on. If you’re on a Linux device these could be eth0 or wlan0.
Have challenge with inSSIDer and was wondering if anyone could provide some guidance. I’ve been trying to analyze Wi-Fi signals in my environment, and I have pcap files saved from previous sessions. However, when I attempt to open these files in inSSIDer for more detailed analysis, it seems that the playback functionality is not available. I was hoping to review historical Wi-Fi data to track intermittent signals over an extended period.
InSSIDer, of course, can’t do everything, but I recommend using Wireshark to analyze historical Wi-Fi data. It does a great job with viewing and analyzing PCAP files.
Another alternative is Eye P.A. from MetaGeek. It is specially designed for in-depth analysis of Wi-Fi traffic and works with PCAP files as well.
By the way, analyzing network activity is an important part of security. I recently read that Andersen offers information security management services, including network data analysis. Maybe it will come in handy for those who want to protect their network.