This Qt-based network protocol analyzer runs with ease on Linux, Windows, and OS X. You can also read our dedicated article on the newly released Wireshark 3.0.0. Wireshark also comes in a command-line version called TShark. This free and open source tool was originally named Ethereal.
Wireshark helps you to read live data from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others. Used by thousands of security professionals to analyze networks and live pocket capturing and deep scanning of hundreds of protocols.
Wireshark is a well-known packet crafting tool that discovers vulnerability within a network and probes firewall rule-sets.