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Simple ditty to do a packet capture on Windows 10
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<# | |
Author: JR Miller | |
Date: 02-20-2020 | |
Version: 1.0 | |
Use: Simple PS to capture some packets. | |
#> | |
Set-StrictMode -Version 2.0 | |
# Set-PSDebug -Trace 2 | |
function Get-NetworkScenario | |
{ | |
$netScenario = Read-Host "Choose a Scenario; Enter L for Wired LAN or W for Wireless" | |
Switch ($netScenario) | |
{ | |
L {$netScenario="Wired LAN"} | |
W {$netScenario="Wireless LAN"} | |
} | |
return $netScenario | |
} | |
#Verify we have Admin rights | |
$currentPrincipal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()) | |
$isAdmin = $currentPrincipal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) | |
if($isAdmin -match "False"){ | |
Write-Output "This Powershell session does not have Admin rights." | |
exit | |
} | |
#Create a timestamp, I like epoch time | |
$myEpoch = (New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date "01/01/1970") -End (Get-Date)).TotalSeconds | |
#Create a file and directory for our captures | |
New-Item -Path "c:\" -Name "capfiles" -ItemType "directory" -Force | |
$myCapFile = "c:\capfiles\capFile.$myEpoch.etl" | |
#Get Wire or wireless scenario | |
Write-Host "" | |
$myScenario = Get-NetworkScenario | |
Write-Host "" | |
#Startit | |
Read-Host "Press ENTER to start capture. This might take a minute" | |
if($myScenario -match "Wireless LAN"){ | |
netsh trace start capture=yes wifi.type=data Ethernet.type=IPV4 report=disabled tracefile=$myCapFile | |
} | |
elseif ($myScenario -match "Wired LAN") { | |
netsh trace start capture=yes report=disabled tracefile=$myCapFile | |
} | |
else { | |
Write-Host "No selection exists, exiting." | |
exit | |
} | |
#Stoppit | |
Read-Host "Press Enter to stop capture. This might take a while, do not kill the session." | |
netsh trace stop |
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