.pcapng file: how to open it on Windows

2 Windows apps register the .pcapng extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format

pcap Next Generation Packet Capture

MIME type

application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap

PRONOM identifier

fmt/780

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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  Wireshark

  The world's most popular network protocol analyser.

  Open source 4.6.9 6.6M ↓
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  etl2pcapng

  This tool enables you to view ndiscap and pktmon packet captures with Wireshark. Due to performance problems with the other popular packet capture method (WinPcap, which was included with older versions of Wireshark), these inbox tools should be preferred.

  Open source 1.11.0 ★ 741

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