In this network Wireshark will act as data collector and grab all the data even the data was not addressed to them. If there's a computer own the packet, then it will ACCEPT it and the other will DROP the packet.īy using this method, all computer in your network absolutely will receive the packet but they drop it because the packet was not addressed to them. When you're using HUB, the data that sent inside and outside the network will came through HUB, but the main problem is HUB will forward all packet into whole network and check is someone own the packet or not. If you still can't get what I mean, please see the illustrations below. This Wireshark will works perfectly on network that using WI-FI and HUB because the packet that sent and received also sent to another computer inside the network. Last week I'm posting an article about How to Hack Windows via vulnerability in Wireshark, and someone drop a comment and asking about how to detect if someone using wireshark in his network?.Īctually there's a little way you can do when someone using Wireshark in a network, because wireshark only collecting packet data in a passive mode or let's say it's just collecting and grabbing the data that came across the network.

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