The document serves as a lesson on network analysis using Wireshark version 2, outlining key objectives such as understanding its main menus and capturing data. It covers configuration options, preferences, and navigation techniques, along with a brief history of Wireshark. The lesson concludes with a summary of its origins, menus, and basic configuration tasks.

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Chapter Content
Network analysis Using Wireshark
Lesson 2:
Introduction to Wireshark

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• By the end of this lesson, the you will be able to:
▫ Understand the main menus and commands of Wireshark
▫ Start capturing data with the Wireshark software
▫ Configure basic parameters with Wireshark
Lesson Objectives

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A brief history and introduction
Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the
test first, the lesson afterwards“
Vernon Sanders Law

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What’s in the Status Bar

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Wireshark Main Menu - File

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Wireshark Main Menu - Edit
PIC-003c

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Wireshark Main Menu - View

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Wireshark Main Menu - Go

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Wireshark Main Menu - Capture

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Wireshark Main Menu - Analyze

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Wireshark Main Menu - Statistics

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Wireshark Main Menu - Telephony

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Wireshark Main Menu - Wireless

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Wireshark Main Menu - Tools

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Wireshark Main Menu - Help

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the
test first, the lesson afterwards“
Vernon Sanders Law

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Capture Options

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Imagination is more important that knowledge“
Albert Einstein

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Preferences - Appearance

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“The important thing I not to stop questioning“
Albert Einstein

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Time Display Format

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Time Display Format - Example
Seconds since beginning of capture:
Seconds since previous displayed packet:
Example 2-2

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“The important thing I not to stop questioning“
Albert Einstein

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Name Resolution - Configuration
Edit  Preferences  Name resolution
View  Name resolution

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Name Resolution – What We Get
Before network name resolution:
After network name resolution:

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics.
I can assure you mine are still greater.“
Albert Einstein

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Coloring and Navigation Techniques
Example 2-5

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Colorizing Specific Session
Check here or V:
View  Coloring Rules …

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The Coloring Rule Window
Add/Delete
rule
Import a
template

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Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Try not to become a man of success but
rather to become a man of value.“
Albert Einstein

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The Preferences Window
1
2 3

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Layout and Columns

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Preferences – Name Resolution
L2/L3/L4
name resolution
DNS/Hosts
name resolution
SMMP object
IDs resolution
GeoIP

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Preferences: Protocols Example

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A brief history and introduction
Wireshark main window
Starting the capture of data
Configuring the start window
Using time values and summaries
Chapter Content
Configuring name resolution
Navigation and colorization techniques
Preferences configuration
File operations – save and export
“Personally I'm always ready to learn,
although I do not always like being taught.“
Winston Churchil

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Saving/Exporting a File

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And for the Interesting Stuff …

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Summary
• In this lesson we talked about:
▫ Wireshark origins and when we can use it
▫ Wireshark menus and how to use them
▫ Wireshark basic configuration tasks
Thanks for your time
Yoram Orzach
yoram@ndi-com.com

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