vmnet-shark

The vmnet-shark tool allows you to perform real-time packet capture and display for VMware Fusion networks with Wireshark.

Prerequisites

1. VMware Fusion
2. Wireshark

Installation

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo curl -Lo vmnet-shark https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mweisel/vmnet-shark/master/vmnet-shark.sh
$ sudo chmod +x ./vmnet-shark

Usage

Note: VMware Fusion 11 Pro added a feature for renaming custom networks. The vmnet-shark tool only supports the default vmnet (e.g., vmnet0, vmnet1, vmnet2, etc.) name format.

$ vmnet-shark vmnet11

Reference

• VMware Fusion 11 - Creating Custom Networks
• Real-time vmnet packet capture and display for VMware Fusion

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details