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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Packet reassembly function

From: "Kevin Wuang" <kevin.wuang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:22:04 +0200

Good day, everyone,

 

i am the rookie in using Wireshark since i only discovered it last week, as a pet project i am trying to reconstruct a simple text file that i transmitted between PCs wirelessly and unencrypted.

 

For the testing scenario for the project, i now setup 2 PCs (PC A and B) with WLAN PCI card and a Dell router as the access point (AP). And if PC A sends the text file to PC B wirelessly and unencrypted, the file will route through the AP then to PC B. To transmit the text file, i simply share one of the folders out from PC A so PC B can also see it when the file is dropped in the folder. 

 

Now, i get the cap file that recorded the process, and i know SMB protocol is being used for the transmission, how may i reconstruct the text file that was transferred?

 

I know Wireshark can reassemble packets, so should i dig in to the Wireshark source code and which section should i be concentrating on for now?

 

Thank you and  wish you all have a nice day.

 

Regards,                                                    

Kevin