You're right. 

I've thought of all kinds of other options since I sent my initial message 
and I also realize that my message was incomplete. The device actually is 
using wireless so I could also have used a router with dd wrt or maybe set 
up a linux machine with wireless as an access point (as implied by your 
link). For other reasons, I already have the device double NATed on a 
separate wireless router behind my actual internet-connected router so the 
connection between the two seemed like a good place to "sniff."

I may still follow the wireless path eventually but I already know how to 
do the wired version once the router is set up.


On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 2:33:16 PM UTC-5, Csaba Toth wrote:
>
> Wait. I thought IoT devices connected to the internet through wifi. What 
> you need is something like this: 
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>
> With that you can listen in to the wifi traffic. Even better you can act 
> as an AP and connect the IoT to you. Then monitor. What device is it?
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 10:45 AM Howard White <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> Run wireshark and watch the traffic?
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> On 06/29/2018 11:49 AM, Dave Manginelli wrote:
>> > My current gig involves testing an IOT device that likes to "phone 
>> home" 
>> > and it would be much easier for me if I could easily monitor the 
>> > traffic. Does anybody have a managed switch they can loan (or give!) me?
>> > 
>> > An old 10Mb switch is OK if I can just set it to echo the traffic to 
>> > more than one output port.
>> > 
>> > Thanks.
>> > 
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