How to setup a Wireshark capture?
Using Wireshark to analyze network communication between a camera and your NVR server Wireshark is a Network Protocol Analyzer and can be used to see the communication between 2 points on the network, particularly from your server to a cameras IP address. To perform a Wireshark capture, please do the following: Open Wireshark and from the Menu Bar on top, click on Capture – Interfaces. This will show you the available Network Interfaces. Click on the options button next to the network interface that is being utilized on your system. This will open the Wireshark Capture Options dialog box. In the Capture Filter section, type in: Host (space) then the IP address of the camera. NOTE: Before you click on the Start button to enable the capture, please make sure that there are no browser windows open. When using Wireshark to capture communication between the camera and the server, if there are browser windows open you may receive additional/unwanted data in the capture. Any packets being sen