Help using Wireshark for Thread CoAP example

[nix64bit]

I have setup the nRF52840 DK as below

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/nordic-blog/b/blog/posts/how-to-setup-the-thread-demo-displayed-live-at-google-i-o

Setup WireShark as follows

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.threadsdk.v0.11.0%2Fthread_sniffer.html&cp=4_2_0_1_9

How do i use the data? Maybe a few pointers or simple howto would help

data2.pcapng

[Marjeris Romero]

Hi Peter,

Sorry for the very late answer. The link for the Wireshark setup is outdated, please use the documentation for nRF5 SDK for Thread and Zigbee v3.0.0 instead https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.threadsdk.v0.11.0%2Fthread_sniffer.html&cp=4_2_0_1_9

In general we use the data in Wireshark to look at the traffic inside the network, and the packet exchange between nodes. A tip is to start sniffing before the network attachment phase of a new node, so the sniffer also gets the network keys and can automatically decode the packets after a new node joins the network.

Best Regards,

Marjeris

[nix64bit]

Hi Marjeris,

Thanks for the answer, sorry the question was a bit vague. I ran wireshark on the border router's wpan0 network socket which was quite useful to pick up connection problems.

I will look at the links you shared.

Regards

Peter