This is a static archive of our old Q&A Site. Please post any new questions and answers at ask.wireshark.org.

how to decode the data.

0

the data which we capture will be either in hex or binary, is that possible to convert it into the human readable format, to know what are the messages flowing through the network.

asked 25 May '11, 22:13

sagu072's gravatar image

sagu072
35232428
accept rate: 0%

retagged 27 May '11, 20:59

helloworld's gravatar image

helloworld
3.1k42041


2 Answers:

0

This depends on what you mean with "data". If you mean the whole frame then you can just look at the decode pane (the middle pane by default) to see the human readable form of the information, at least for the protocol headers. If you're talking about your application payload (the data transported by Ethernet/IP/UDP/TCP...) then you can usually read it as long as it is in ASCII. If its a binary data format you need to dissect it yourself or write your own dissector to do it for you.

answered 25 May '11, 23:50

Jasper's gravatar image

Jasper ♦♦
23.8k551284
accept rate: 18%

0

What I do is export packet content to txt file. File->Export->File... and then in the Packet format filed decide the depth of information.

answered 27 May '11, 00:41

jakan's gravatar image

jakan
1112
accept rate: 0%