How to Capture from WiFi Devices Using Windows and Wireshark

 I get a lot of people asking how to capture packets from their phone, tablet, ip camera and other WiFi connected devices.

When I respond that there are a lot of Wifi capture tools out there, the typical responses are:

- “I don’t want to buy and learn another tool”

- “I don’t have the budget to buy another tool”

Both are valid points, so when I was on site and this came up again, I thought let me try something different.

In the video, I show you how to turn your Windows 10/11 laptop/desktop into a WiFi hotspot.

If successful then all you need to do is to configure the WiFi device to connect to your new SSID and capture the packets using Wireshark.

Just a couple of points worth mentioning again;

- DO NOT configure your Windows device with the same SSID as your production SSID

- You can use Wireshark to capture from your Ethernet or Microsoft Virtual WiFi driver. If you choose your WiFi driver, on some systems, you might break your WiFi/SSID.