Windows – Using Wireshark to track traffic on a Windows Virtual WiFi Miniport

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I have a Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport set up on my laptop with an Android phone connected to it. The laptop is then connected to the outside world through a wired connection. I would like to monitor the traffic from the phone with Wireshark, but I'm having trouble filtering the traffic. I expected to be able to setup a filter on the MAC Address or the IP Address, but so far that isn't working. Here's the set up:

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show hostednetwork

Hosted network settings

Mode                   : Allowed
SSID name              : "Android Test Network"
Max number of clients  : 100
Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
Cipher                 : CCMP

Hosted network status

Status                 : Started
BSSID                  : xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Radio type             : 802.11b
Channel                : 11
Number of clients      : 1
    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx        Authenticated

The IP Address reported by the Android phone is 192.168.137.205, but I don't see that as the source in any of the traffic. Is what I'm trying to do possible (use Wireshark to monitor Virtual WiFi Miniport traffic) and what might I be doing wrong?

The Android phone does have internet connectivity, so I can verify that the connection is working.

Best Answer

Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport

Wireshark uses WinPcap on Windows, and WinPcap doesn't support Wi-Fi adapters very well.

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