Troubleshooting common installation errors

Go through the following simple checklist to ensure that you are able to run Wireshark successfully (make sure that all of these criterias are met):

• You have downloaded Wireshark from known and trusted source only
• You have administrative privileges to run Wireshark
• The installation of Wireshark and the Winpcap driver has been completed successfully without any exceptions
• You are connected to the network that you want to capture network traffic from
• If you are trying to sniff using a virtual machine, ensure that you have set your network adapter to bridged mode
• Restart your machine to ensure the changes have been applied after successful installation of Wireshark
• Your NIC card supports promiscuous mode sniffing (when needed)
• You can see all of the interfaces (wired, wireless, and logical) on the home screen of Wireshark
• The line graph followed by the interface name shows activity on the Homescreen
• Also, you have legal permissions to capture network traffic