FIPGate Sniffer

Wireshark - LUA dissector

This video tutorial explains how to install the wireshark plugin to dissect FWP packets coming from the FIPGate sniffer.

Summary of steps:

1. Install and open the Wireshark analyzer on your host PC.
2. Go to Help -> About Wireshark menu.
3. Click on Folder tab.
4. Locate Personal LUA Plugins line and double click on its path to open the associated directory.
5. Get the last FWP Wireshark dissector (fwp.lua).
6. Copy fwp.lua file to Personal LUA Plugins folder.
7. Edit fwp.lua file from Personal LUA Plugins folder, and change UDP_PORT field with your correct FiWiP device UDP port.
8. Save the file and restart Wireshark GUI to take into account the change.
9. Start a new capture. UDP packets coming from FIPGate sniffer should now be correctly dissected.

FIPGate Sniffer - Wireshark LUA dissector installation

FipLabs GUI

This video tutorial explains how to use the FipLabs GUI to capture the FIPGate sniffer UDP stream.

Summary of steps:

1. Install the WorldFipTools6 package on your host PC (How to: click here).
2. Open FipLabs GUI.
3. Go to the FipWatcher -> Parameters tab.
4. In the FipWatcher section, select the Remote and UDP fields.
5. Set Port Number with a known FIPGate service port.
6. Click on Capture -> Start Capture to start an acquisition

FIPGate Sniffer - Get the FWP flow from the FipLabs GUI