Option to pipe to Wireshark even without a supported plugin
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#17 Option to pipe to Wireshark even without a supported plugin
Thank you for making this great tool.
As of Wireshark 2.4, there seems to be built-in support for BLE packets with a little bit of manual configuration.
This means that the Wireshark plugin is no longer required. However, ble-sniffer-osx refuses to pipe to Wireshark it thinks it doesn't support.
You can test this by launching ble-sniffer-osx with Wireshark 2.0.16 installed. Then, zip up Wireshark 2.0.16 and replace it with Wireshark 2.4.2 while ble-sniffer-osx is running, then push the button to pipe to Wireshark. Wireshark 2.4.2 will launch and work great, with proper packet formatting etc.
Unfortunately, next time you launch ble-sniffer-osx, it'll detect 2.4.2 and refuse to pipe to Wireshark again.
I'd love it if ble-sniffer-osx had a "Pipe to Wireshark Anyway" option that bypasses the supported plugin check. ^W doesn't seem to work, unfortunately.