From: Sebastian Reitenbach <sebastia@l00-bugdead-prods.de>
Subject: Re: NEW net/whsniff
To: ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 15:21:35 +0200

Hi,

this tiny tool would be incredibly helpful to have as a port in order to
sniff 802.15.4 with kismet.

cheers,
Sebastian

On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM Sebastian Reitenbach <
sebastia@l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> this is a tiny new port for whsniff:
>
> cat pkg/DESCR
> Whsniff is a command line utility that interfaces TI CC2531 USB dongle
> with Wireshark for capturing and displaying IEEE 802.15.4 traffic at 2.4
> GHz.  Whsniff reads the packets from TI CC2531 USB dongle with
> sniffer_fw_cc2531 firmware, converts to the PCAP format and writes to
> the standard output(stdout).
>
> this allows me to use my Texas Instruments CC2531 based dongle with that
> sniffer firmware, to run:
>
> whsniff -c 25 | wireshark -k -i -
>
> to see anything IEEE 802.15.4 related packets around me.
>
> OK to import after full unlock?
>
> cheers,
> Sebastian
>
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