Wireshark Essential Training

Author

Lisa Bock

Summary

Get an overview of packet analysis and using Wireshark Next Generation, a free network protocol analyzer. Find out how it can help with latency issues and network attacks.

Are you interested in learning about packet analysis, or understanding and identifying the traffic on your network? This course gives you a solid overview of deep packet inspection via Wireshark Next Generation. Instructor Lisa Bock helps you navigate the many features of Wireshark. Lisa begins with the benefits of traffic analysis and discusses how to tap into the data stream effectively. She shows you how to get started with Wireshark, including filters and shortcuts you can use. Lisa walks you through the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection process, as well as IPv6, ICMPv6, DNS, DHCP, and more. To wrap up, Lisa summarizes common protocols that you may use with deep packet analysis, such as FTP, HTTP, and ARP. Lisa walks you through all the basics, so no previous experience with Wireshark is necessary.