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Attach wireshark to guest(virual machines) node

Please guys, how do I attach wireshark to a virtual machine node? I am using NAT for 2 machines and using Internal Network to connect the 2 machines as well. I want to attach wireshark to the internal network node. Thanks

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asked 07 Nov '15, 06:17

Kelex
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Is the VM host ESX, VMware Workstation, Hyper-V or something else?

I understand that VMNET on VMware workstation operates like a hub. In which case you would need to:

Setup a VM to run Wireshark or dumpcap
Set the virtual NIC of that VM in promiscuous mode
Start capture

For ESX both Jasper Bongertz and I covered this at Sharkfest 15. So you might want to view:

Jasper's slides - http://sharkfest.wireshark.org/assets/presentations15/34.pdf
My presentation - https://youtu.be/pb1yb1eUlgY at 54:50

Best regards...Paul

(08 Nov '15, 14:30) PaulOfford