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peopleproblems@lemmy.world 11 months agoIs there a way to route traffic from the router to Wireshark? Or would this require a router capable of like OpenWRT?
I have a stupid linksys that has awesome wifi power, but I can’t seem to get custom firmware on it. I might be able to configure it as an access point.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 11 months ago
My router is a full on Linux Server PC in a rack, so in my case I can just monitor all its interfaces directly on the box.
An easy way to do in your case if you have a gimped ISP provided router is to find an old hub (not a switch), plug a wireless access point into that, and have the device connect only to that access point. Then plug your laptop or computer into one of the other hub ports and you should be able to listen in on everything being sent across that hub.
More advanced switches might be able to do port-mirroring, which accomplishes the same thing.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Haha I have of those thanks.