Wireshark is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It enables you to interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a previously saved capture file.
Wireshark licensing is subject to the GNU General Public License. The following is a snippet of applicable information from the Wireshark website.
Go to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html to read the full license.
You may install Wireshark and the prerequisite WinPcap program from the IRISnGEN CD. Follow these steps to install Wireshark onto your system.
1) Insert the IRISnGEN CD into your PC and then browse to the Wireshark folder.
2) You must install WinPcap_3_1.exe prior to installing Wireshark. Launch the WinPcap_3_1.exe file.
3) Once WinPcap is installed launch the Wireshark-setup-0.99.2.exe file to install Wireshark.
4) You are ready to run and use the Wireshark program on your PC.
5) Check the Wireshark website at http://www.wireshark.org/ for more information or to download the latest version.
6) Check the WinPcap website at http://www.winpcap.org for more information or to download the latest version.