Packet Capture

FortiGuest allows the administrator to record packet data from an IP address/network range for all or specific network traffic/packets to specific ports. The packet capture feature generates log files that you can download and view using a packet viewing utility such as Wireshark.

Note: Only the last 10 generated capture logs are displayed in the GUI.

Select an interface and click Start to start capturing packets. To update the packet capture settings, click Edit. Enter the Network Range you wish to capture traffic to and, specify either the maximu packet captures or the maximum capture period; enable Maximum Capture Packets and the allowed vlue range is 1 - 10000 OR enable Maximum Capture Period and the allowed value range is 1 - 300 minutes. Enable the relevant traffic to capture from the listed options. If you require to capture all the network traffic, select All Traffic.

You can download/delete the generated packet capture logs from the Files tab.