In this section, we'll take a look at the prerequisites for using remote capture, specifically with WinPcap, which is a Windows port of the libpcap
library and the configuration of remote packet capture on the remote device.
The first prerequisite is to install the pcap
libraries. I'm using a Windows computer here as our test machine, so I'll install the WinPcap
libraries, which are a Windows port of the libpcap
libraries originally written for Linux. So what I'll do is go to https://www.winpcap.org/ and download the WinPcap
libraries. Once it finishes downloading, I'll go ahead and just click on Next
with the installer, and there's no need to customize anything there.
Note
The WinPcap
libraries that are installed also come with Wireshark when you download Wireshark as a bundle. And so if you already have Wireshark installed on a system, most likely you already have pcap
installed as well.
The next step is to set up a local administrator account which is going...