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So to interpret the command above, I would be capturing roughly 100MB of packet data in 10MB chunks before the ring buffer kicks in and starts overwriting old capture files. This is optional, but I see no benefit in watching a continual counter. q means to not print the number of captured packets to the command prompt window. w c:\capfilename.pcapng means prepend each capture file with the word capfilename and save it to c:\ with the extension.

i “Ethernet2” means use the ethernet adapter with the name “Ethernet 2” which we determined earlier, we could also use the number given to the ethernet adapter when we ran the dumpcap -D command earlier. Less files means less space consumed before it begins overwriting the oldest files. You can set this as low or high as you are comfortable with. b files:10 means capture up to 10 files before overwriting the oldest file. b filesize:10000 means capture until pcapng file is 10,000kb or ~10MB. Now that we have our interface name, we can use the dumpcap command string to begin dumping packet data to a file which is: dumpcap.exe -b filesize:10000 -b files:10 -i "Ethernet 2" -w C:\capfilename.pcapng -q Next run the following command to output the interfaces on your system as seen by dumpcap: dumpcap -DWhich will result in an output similar to: c:\Program Files\Wireshark>dumpcap -D 1.In my case it’s C:\Program Files\Wireshark so I’ll use the command: cd c:\Program Files\Wireshark

Open a command prompt window and change the directory to the wireshark install directory.

The first thing you need to do is figure out the name of the interfaces on your system that you can capture from. To capture network traffic continuously and save it to multiple files, so that we have smaller, more easy to open and parse chunks of data, which will overwrite the oldest files so that we don’t eat up a ton a space. There is a lot that you can accomplish with Dumpcap, which you can read more extensively about here, but I’m only going to cover what most people reading this want to accomplish, and that is: Related: How to Install Wireshark on Windows 10 Continuously Capture Packets to Separate Files with Dumpcapĭumpcap is a command line tool for dumping network traffic to a file that is installed alongside Wireshark. I’ll also show you how to do this with Wireshark itself if you’re more comfortable with that and explain the pros and cons. The easiest way is to use a tool called Dumpcap which you’ll get when you install Wireshark. Plus, we can even have the capture overwrite the oldest files so the capture can continue indefinitely, much like a CCTV system would handle recorded video. Well you’re in luck! Not only is it possible, but it’s super easy! Need to know an easy way to capture packets for extended periods of time and save them as small.