====== Wireshark ======

In an EtherCAT network all sent packets can be monitored with Wireshark. For this you need the following:
  * An **unmanaged** Ethernet switch
  * A PC with an Ethernet port
  * Wireshark [[https://www.wireshark.org/]]

[[https://www.kollmorgen.com/sites/default/files/How%20to%20capture%20and%20use%20WireShark%20trace%20data%20with%20EtherCAT%20applications.pdf | This PDF]] ({{:embedded_systems:ethercat:how_to_capture_and_use_wireshark_trace_data_with_ethercat_applications.pdf|Mirror}}) describes the process very precisely.