Running nRF Sniffer in Wireshark

nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4

To start sniffing, open Wireshark and start recording packets.

When you open Wireshark, the Wireshark main window appears. It includes the Wireshark hardware interfaces connected to the nRF Sniffer.
Figure 1. Wireshark capture screen
Drawing Sheet.6 Nordic Blue Hardware interface Hardware interface Nordic Blue.9 Capture packets Capture packets
To start sniffing with the default settings, use one of the following options:
  • Double-click on the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4 hardware interface.
  • Select the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4 hardware interface and click the Capture packets button.
By default, both these options start the capturing process on channel 11 without capturing the out-of-band metadata. If you want to capture this kind of data or listen on a different channel, run nRF Sniffer with custom options.
Wireshark begins capturing data from the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4 hardware interface, allowing you to inspect captured data.