The trace should now be running and you should see the symbol of wireshark becoming green. Note you can also specify other settings (as for example the update the list of packets in real time) clicking on “Options” that will reveal the following window, and then click start: Select the ones you need and click 'start' to begin. To start a trace, click on the second icon from the upper left: Once installed you will be able to use Wireshark to view ethernet packets. How can I use Wireshark to capture packets? To install Wireshark you will need to go to and follow instructions. How can I download and install Wireshark? It is also useful to have it installed in the laptop to open IP, ETH or PPP pcap files that you can collect on the Digi TransPort (but this document will not go into details on that matter). For example, if you see your laptop sending an ICMP packet and not receiving the reply, you can isolate the problem, being sure that is not your laptop that has some wrong settings as the wrong default gateway for example.

It can be very useful in many cases, when you want to see what your unit is sending/receving in order to troubleshooting a problem. Wireshark is a tool that allow you to capture Ethernet packets sent/received on one or more interfaces of your laptop.

How to use wireshark packet sniffer