Netsniffer

Sniffing network traffic on the interface. Filtering network packets. Displays IP and Protocol headers and any packet data.

Installation and Running

Debian/Ubuntu

To install the netsniffer from the .deb package, download the release you need from Releases. Any .deb package has the format netsniffer_<VERSION>_<OS-VERSIONS>_<ARCHITECRUTE>.deb. After downloading run the following command:

dpkg -i ./<pkgname>.deb

To run the netsniffer:

sudo netsniffer # show help

Windows 10

Download the netsniffer_0.1.0_windows-10.exe from Releases. This is a self-extracting archive, created by 7-Zip. Run this downloaded file in the folder you need.

To run the netsniffer open cmd.exe (or you can to use powershell) as root:

cd /d /path/to/netsniffer.exe # for cmd.exe
netsniffer.exe # show help

Alternatively, you can add /path/to/netsniffer.exe in the global PATH variable.

If you don`t see incoming packets from Ethernet, you need to change firewall settings. Allow ports for the netsniffer app in additional firewall settings:

And now:

Now, try to run the netsniffer as root.

Building from sources

Linux

cmake . # for testing, -DTESTS_ENABLED=1 flags
make
sudo make install

Windows

First, you need the mingw compiler. Other compilers are not supported at the moment.

cmake .
make