Thread network technology - 03 Sniffing IEEE 802.15.4 packages (Thread and ZigBee) with Wireshark

Thread is a network technology for wireless networks based on IPv6. It is ideally suited for home automation, Industry 4.0 and wireless sensor-actuator networks. In this video, we will make a sniffer stick with the low cost nRF52840-dongle from Nordic Semiconductor and capture Thread packages with the network protocol analyzer Wireshark.

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nRF52840-dongle
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

Wireshark:
https://www.wireshark.org/

Plugin for Wireshark and Sniffer firmware:
https://github.com/NordicSemiconducto...

Python version 3.7 or higher:
https://www.python.org/downloads/

nRF Connect for Desktop and Programmer:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

Terminal program PuTTY:
https://putty.org/

00:00 Overview
00:50 nRF52840-dongle
02:21 Software requirements Wireshark
03:04 nRF52840 plugin for Wireshark and sniffer firmware
04:41 Python installation
05:54 Python pySerial package
06:47 nRF Connect for Desktop
07:35 nRF Programmer application
07:58 Bootloader and memory structure
09:15 Sniffer firmware flashing over bootloader
10:56 Testing the sniffer stick over a terminal program
12:01 Capture packages using Wireshark
12:38 Setting a thread master key in Wireshark for decryption
15:30 Capture a udp-package with Wireshark
17:02 Deprecated disutils package in the sniffer plugin script