The Statistics menu
Wireshark provides various tools that assist in collecting network stats, which help users in analyzing information ranging from general information to specific protocol-related information.
Using the Statistics menu
Details with respect to the packets captured, filters applied, marked packets, and various other stats can be checked in the Statistics menu; refer to the following screenshot for reference (source: http://wireshark.org):
Protocol Hierarchy
The Protocol Hierarchy
window provides details pertaining to the distribution of protocols seen in network traffic. Each of the rows represents stats pertaining to one protocol; refer to the following screenshot:
Protocol Hierarchy window
If you want to check the protocol distribution for a specific host, then before you open the Protocol Hierarchy
window, apply a
, for example, Display filte
rip.addr==172.20.10.1
. Now, when you open the hierarchy window again the filter will be visible at the top of the Protocol Hierarchy
window...