Here's a sample window depicting TCP traffic for for pdf download from 204.144.14.If you are engaged ample with the network interaction process, you have to know the expression WireShark.

use simple filters to focus on interesting traffic.

don't use iOS with a VPN, you don't be able to make sense of the encrypted traffic.

Now you will see all network traffic on the iOS device.

goto Wireshark Capture->Options, a dialog box appears, click on the line rvi0 then press the Start button.

You can find the UDID of your iOS device via iTunes (make sure you are using the UDID and not the serial number).

run this command in a OSX terminal window: rvictl -s x where x is the UDID of your iOS device.

connect iOS device and computer to the same WiFi network.

connect iOS device to computer via USB cable.

Great overview so far, but if you want specifics for Wireshark + OSX + iOS: You can then route your traffic through your server by setting up the mobile device as a VPN client and capture the traffic on the server end. This has the advantage of giving you 802.11x headers as well, but you may miss some of the packetsĬapture using a VPN server: Its fairly easy to set-up your own VPN server using OpenVPN. See here for more detailsįor all phones, wi-fi only: Set up your Mac or PC as a wireless access point, then run wireshark on the computer.įor all phones, wi-fi only: Get a capture device that can sniff wi-fi. I have used this app successfully, but it also seems to affect the performance with large traffic volumes (eg video streaming)įor IOS 5+ devices, any network: iOS 5 added a remote virtual interface (RVI) facility that lets you use Mac OS X packet trace programs to capture traces from an iOS device. I haven't tried this app, and there are some restrictions on the type of devices supported (see their page)įor Android phones: tPacketCapture uses the Android VPN service to intercept packets and capture them. Tip: You will need to make sure you supply the right interface name for the capture and this varies from one device to another, eg -i eth0 or -i tiwlan0 - or use -i any to log all interfacesįor Android 4.0+ phones: Android PCAP from Kismet uses the USB OTG interface to support packet capture without requiring root. This app is a tcpdump wrapper that will install tcpdump and enable you to start captures using a GUI.

For Android phones, any network: Root your phone, then install tcpdump on it.

Wireshark android alternative