Hello, I have a Tata photon plus (EC1260) device. How can I use wireshark in combination with this device Thank you asked 30 Dec '12, 05:01  Bharathi edited 24 Jul '13, 12:34  Guy Harris ♦♦ |
2 Answers:
As you did not mention your OS, I assume Windows, as there is only Tata Photon software for Windows. Well, on Windows, you can only capture traffic of that device, if WinPcap is able to identify ('see') the USB device. That really depends on the driver of the device. So, please try this:
You should see
If you can see the device in the output of dumpcap (identify it by its IP address), then you can (most certainly) capture traffic on it (read the Wirshark Wiki how to do that). If you can't see the device, and the NPF service is running (sc command above), then you are (most certainly) out of luck, as WinPcap does not detect that kind of device. BTW: Please also read the USB Capture wiki.
UPDATE: On Ubuntu the USB 3G modem will be used as a serial connection /dev/ttyUSB0. So, you should be able to capture traffic on it, as mentioned in the USB sniffing wiki for Linux. If that does not work, you can still try one of the serial port sniffers (no pcap output!).
Regards answered 30 Dec '12, 14:56  Kurt Knochner ♦ edited 31 Dec '12, 01:55 |
On Linux, if your 3G modem is connected to the Internet, there will probably be a PPP device of some sort for it. You can capture on that. answered 24 Jul '13, 14:21 Guy Harris ♦♦ |
Thank You. I should have specified that I am using Ubuntu 12.04 as my OS. Im sorry about not having done that.
well, are you able to connect to the internet with that device on Ubuntu? If so, do you see any new ethernet interface (eth1, eth2)? If yes, then just capture on eth1,eth2. If there is no new ethernet device, you can still try to capture data on the USB bus. Please read the USB wiki I already mentioned.
If you cannot connect to the internet on Ubuntu, then there is no need to capture data, as there will be none ;-)
see my UPDATE in the answer.