Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Wireshark logs for EPS Packets

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Interfaces for Captures :-

Packet captures can be collected at various points in the network via taps. Some commonly used interfaces are 

-> S1-C

-> S11

-> S5-C

-> Gx, Rx

->  SGi

->  S6a

Most of these boxes are basedon linux so you can easily runtcpdump command given that you know the interface for messages.

You can filter by various aspects - Most commonly used for LTE debugging are -

a. IP addresses - ip.src == IPV4 / ipv6.src == IPV6_address (ex - 2001:0000:4136:e378:)

i. ip.src ==

ii. ip.dst ==

iii. ip.addr ==

b. Protocol - sctp or udp or gtpv2 or s1ap or diameter.

c. You can even filter by procedure codes with a protocol.

i. Example - gtpv2.message_type == 176 ---> will only show you DL notification messages.


4. You can save filter by clicking on the + sign and giving a name. Next time you load the pcap you can

apply the filter directly.

5. diameter.cmd.code == 318 - this filter will show you all the Authentication messages on S6a

interface.

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