# Wireshark machine placement
**URL:** https://forum.networklessons.com/t/wireshark-machine-placement/6679
**Category:** Routing & Switching
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/wireshark-machine-placement/6679 "2019-03-31T13:25:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@thomas2.ryan](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/thomas2.ryan)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/wireshark-machine-placement/6679/1 "2019-03-31T13:25:57Z")
Hi
Sorry if this is in the wrong place it is my first post since becoming a member, also sorry if it is not allowed.
I am currently testing some security concerns for VPNs, I am wanting to view traffic going through the routers using Wireshark, In my current placement of this machine all I can see is EIGRP notifications for adjacencies and none of the traffic I am generating via ostinato to check if my packets are encrypted.
Can I get some recommendations of where I should put this packet sniffing machine running Wireshark?
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### Author:  [@lagapidis](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/lagapidis)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/wireshark-machine-placement/6679/2 "2019-04-01T06:03:45Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [Cisco IOS SPAN and RSPAN](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/cisco-ios-span-and-rspan/1096)
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### Author:  [@lagapidis](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/lagapidis)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/wireshark-machine-placement/6679/3 "2019-04-01T06:03:45Z")