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aspdeepak
aspdeepak

Reputation: 2781

Using Wireshark in ubuntu for analyzing android requests?

I am using ubuntu 10.04 LTS and have a android ICS device.

I created a wifi-hotspot in my android device. I am connecting the my ubuntu via the wifi-hotspot created above. I stared capturing the packets from wireshark in my pc.

I am unable to see the traffic generated from the device, rather I can see only the traffic from the pc.

Am I missing something or wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 930

Answers (2)

user1621170
user1621170

Reputation:

If i were you, i would scan for all hosts alive in the subnet.Sure android device acts as a hotspot using NAT or something, i'm sure.But the catch is it's moreover a server to which only your pc or whatever might be connected, i guess it would be your lapton. But android itself uses the external ip like service bsnl or something. So it's not at all a client connected to a router or something.

Still if you run an nmap scan you would surely see the default gateway ip, which is of the hotspot.

So, it's enough said right.

Upvotes: 0

Bholzer
Bholzer

Reputation: 189

You aren't seeing the traffic from the phone because your computer is only receiving and sending packets intended for the computer.

Maybe this will help? http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#promiscsniff

It is possible that your wireless interface device either isn't in promiscuous mode or doesn't support it.

Upvotes: 1

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