What just happened?

We just sniffed out first set of packets off the air! We launched Wireshark, which used the monitor mode interface mon0 we created previously. You should notice, by looking at Wireshark's footer region, the speed at which the packets are being captured and also the number of packets captured till now.

Have a go hero – finding different devices

Wireshark traces can be a bit daunting at times; even for a reasonably populated wireless network, you could end up sniffing a few thousand packets. Hence, it is important to be able to drill down to those packets that interest us. This can be accomplished using filters in Wireshark. Explore how you can use these filters to identify unique wireless devices in the traces– both access points and wireless clients.

If you are unable to do this, don't worry as this is the next thing we will learn.