NET310 ILab5
Hector Diaz
NETW310, Joe Njoloma
8/4/2014
Lab #5, Wireshark Introduction Lab
NETW310 Week 5 iLab Report 1. Is Wireshark opensource or proprietary? Wireshark is a freely accessible opensource network protocol analyzer. 2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network? The List Pane displays the packets that have been acquired. The Tree View
Pane shows the headers of numerous protocols summarized in the packet. The Tree View
Pane also allows the categorized observation of the header field specifics. The Byte View
Pane displays the fresh data sixteen “10 Hex” bytes per row. 3. What does a display filter do? The display filter permits you to outline which packets are exhibited in the List pane. 4. What does the protocol column show? The protocol column displays the uppermost layer protocol in the frame. 5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame? By selecting the plus sign (+) of a packet in the tree view pane, you can expand the display details at any given level of the hierarchy. 6. Capture files have what file name extension? Capture files ensure the file term extension of .pcap. 7. The time column shows what? The time column shows the time comparative to the primary packet. By default, the packets are exhibited in accumulative order of this time. 8. When you right click on something in one of the panes what happens? A list of options of actions that you can accomplish is showed when you right click on something in one of the panes. 9. How is a display filter removed? To remove display filter just select Clear in the Filter area. 10. When a filter is correct what color is the background of the filter window? The color of the background filter window is green when a filter is correct.
NETW310, Joe Njoloma
8/4/2014
Lab #5, Wireshark Introduction Lab
NETW310 Week 5 iLab Report 1. Is Wireshark opensource or proprietary? Wireshark is a freely accessible opensource network protocol analyzer. 2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network? The List Pane displays the packets that have been acquired. The Tree View
Pane shows the headers of numerous protocols summarized in the packet. The Tree View
Pane also allows the categorized observation of the header field specifics. The Byte View
Pane displays the fresh data sixteen “10 Hex” bytes per row. 3. What does a display filter do? The display filter permits you to outline which packets are exhibited in the List pane. 4. What does the protocol column show? The protocol column displays the uppermost layer protocol in the frame. 5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame? By selecting the plus sign (+) of a packet in the tree view pane, you can expand the display details at any given level of the hierarchy. 6. Capture files have what file name extension? Capture files ensure the file term extension of .pcap. 7. The time column shows what? The time column shows the time comparative to the primary packet. By default, the packets are exhibited in accumulative order of this time. 8. When you right click on something in one of the panes what happens? A list of options of actions that you can accomplish is showed when you right click on something in one of the panes. 9. How is a display filter removed? To remove display filter just select Clear in the Filter area. 10. When a filter is correct what color is the background of the filter window? The color of the background filter window is green when a filter is correct.