Is there any way to monitor online chat or any traffic that passes through my network, from a iphone or android? asked 07 Apr '14, 07:53  Demon117 |
One Answer:
Where there's a will, there's a way. Are the phones connected to your wireless access point? If you don't have a device in your network that supports port mirroring you will need a hub or network tap behind the AP. Please see http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Ethernet for more details. answered 07 Apr '14, 12:19  Roland |
Thank you. But im a novice at this and need help. I've read the link you provided but still a little lost. I have a linksys E2500 wireless router. What will I need to do this.
You need to buy some hardware. An old hub or a network tap or a switch that supports port mirroring. The hub will be the cheapest, but the port speed is usually 10MB so it can be a bottleneck if you have a high speed internet connection. An ASCII network diagram would look like this:
You then connect the PC with wireshark to the hub.
Before setting everything up you should also check if the chat software uses encryption.