Here one must select the network interface that the packet for the license server will go through.
Here all the network devices that the current computer has can be seen. When first launching Wireshark, it will looks somewhat like this: One can refuse this, but then one needs to start the application as an administrator/with elevated rights for it to be able to capture network packets. If the installer asks if one wants to grant access to regular users for capturing of packages. , and for Linux it can usually be installed via the package manager of the Linux distribution. Setup ¶įor Windows and macOS, you can download Wireshark at In particular we will be using the Squish GUI Tester floating license server and its client as an example. In this article we will demonstrate how to use Wireshark to capture network packets for inspection by, for example, the developer of an application. To investigate the network communication of an application one can use tools that capture network packets. Sometimes an application does not work as intended, and the network communication may be one of the suspected causes. Analyzing network connections with Wireshark