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How to capture WiFi-Direct probe request in wireshark?

I am trying to send the wifi direct probe packets using raw sockets so that mobile devices will show them in wifi direct device list.

I am trying to capture packets first in Wireshark in monitor mode in order to understand the packet structure and compare with the P2P probe request packet mentioned in Wifi Direct specification.

But I am not able to capture the correct probe packet in Wireshark. Can anyone suggest me what I am missing in my approach?

Solution

  • I wasn't able to capture packets with filter WLAN.addr= XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX. (Actual wifi Mac address), as WiFi Direct Mac address is different and the first byte was different.For example If your wifi mac is 00:04:CB:CX:DE:E7 then WiFi-Direct address is 02:04:CB:CX:DE:E7.

    Also, I am able to show the device listed when I sent probe response packet to the device.