The Wireshark guide warns that the rtp_udp heuristic dissector can produce false positives, especially when UDP is set to try heuristic dissectors first.
Checked 2026-09-24
- Vendor
- Wireshark Foundation
- Product
- Wireshark
- Subsystem
- RTP dissection
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-09-24
- Checked
- 2026-09-24
Sources
- Wireshark User's Guide 9.2 Playing VoIP Calls — Wireshark Foundation · tier 2 current vendor documentation · 9.2 Playing VoIP Calls, note on rtp_udp heuristic
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos,
title = {SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos},
note = {Source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-rtp-heuristic-false-pos, checked 2026-09-24}
}