wireshark not capturing ble packets

RE: wireshark not capturing ble packets

Petter Myhre — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:38:45 GMT

@krishnanmc3 Could you please create a new question add a link to this if it is relevant? Also, also please include if you can see the trace afterwards. Also include which J-Link version and Wireshark version you are using.

RE: wireshark not capturing ble packets

krishnanmc3 — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:55:00 GMT

Hello Petter, I am facing the same issue as Suvarna. I need to able to view the packets transmitted in real time to analyze a sample app that we are developing. The Sniffer worked fine for approximately 3 weeks when we were testing out the iOS version of our app. When we switched over to Android, I noticed that the packet capture used to stall and after a period of time, the Sniffer became completely unreliable. Now, I am not able to view the advertising devices even when they are paired with an iOS app. On some rare occasions, advertising devices are displayed on the Sniffer console window. When I start sniffing particular devices, I am able to view the packets only as background logs and that too the logs are not for the entire duration of the sniffing interval. I have tried re-flashing the firmware into the device, without resolving the issue. Please suggest a resolution for this.

RE: wireshark not capturing ble packets

Petter Myhre — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:02:42 GMT

Unfortunately, I'm not sure why.

RE: wireshark not capturing ble packets

suvarna_kadam — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:35:06 GMT

Hi Petter, Thank you, it working the way mention in the manual. but why packets are not showing when wireshark started through sniffer?

RE: wireshark not capturing ble packets

Petter Myhre — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:35:21 GMT

Are you running sniffer.exe as admin?

Did you see this under Troubleshooting in the User Guide?

Wireshark is not able to display the sniffed packets.

The Sniffer will generate a Wireshark capture file (%APPDATA%\Nordic Semiconductor\capture.pcap) which can be viewed afterwards even if real time viewing is not used. Press s to view the folder with the file.