LanguagePCAP
Captured packets
File type: Various data file
Files with pcap extension can be found as Packet capture data files from Wireshark network protocol analyzer.
What is pcap file?
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: November 29, 2023
File extension pcap is associated with Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer that is used control network traffic.
Wireshark pcap files contain captured data sniffed from network packets. PCAP data file format is de facto standard file format used by other network analyzers.
Packet capture data can be checked and viewed by applications, which use libpcap or WinPcap libraries.
How to open pcap file?
Use Wireshark, WinDump, tcpdump to open and analyze packet capture data files.
How to convert pcap file?
There is no way how to convert *.pcap files to to other formats.
Suggested software to open pcap file:
Associated software actions with the pcap file
Software applications that can open pcap files:
Wireshark (Microsoft Windows)
WinDump (Microsoft Windows)
tcpdump (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create pcap files:
Wireshark (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pcap files:
Wireshark (Microsoft Windows)
WinDump (Microsoft Windows)
tcpdump (Microsoft Windows)