Now if we press the Start button, Mikrotik will send traffic to our server on port 37008. I propose to use filters because if you don’t, you might cause high CPU on the mikrotik device. Next, on the Filter tab, we set some filters, like the interface we would like to sniff, traffic direction etc. In Streaming tab we check the option Streaming Enabled and we set the IP address of the PC running wireshark. I am using wireshark 2.2.7 by the way.įirst we have to connect to the Mikrotik device via winbox and set some parameters to packet sniffer utility in Tools>Packet Sniffer. All we need is network connectivity, of course, between the Mikrotik device and the PC running wireshark. Well we can accomplish this and have the captures on wireshark. Mikrotik devices have a build-in tool called Packet sniffer, which does exactly what I need but what if I had these captures on a remote PC ? Today, for troubleshooting purposes, I needed to capture traffic from a Mikrotik wireless access point that I have.

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