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You're reading from Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook This book will be a massive ally in troubleshooting your network using Wireshark, the world's most popular analyzer. Over 100 practical recipes provide a focus on real-life situations, helping you resolve your own individual issues.

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849517645

Length 452 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Wireshark

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Yoram Orzach

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Wireshark FREE CHAPTER

2. Using Capture Filters

3. Using Display Filters

4. Using Basic Statistics Tools

5. Using Advanced Statistics Tools

6. Using the Expert Infos Window

7. Ethernet, LAN Switching, and Wireless LAN

8. ARP and IP Analysis

9. UDP/TCP Analysis

10. HTTP and DNS

11. Analyzing Enterprise Applications' Behavior

12. SIP, Multimedia, and IP Telephony

13. Troubleshooting Bandwidth and Delay Problems

14. Understanding Network Security

A. Links, Tools, and Reading

Index

Using IP traffic analysis tools

IP is the network protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack that carries all upper layer information. Whether it is HTTP, Video, IP Telephony, or other application, IP will be the Layer-3 protocol for all of them. In this section, we will look at some tools that will help us with the analyses of IP traffic.

Getting ready

Just open Wireshark, connect it to the network, configure port mirror to the device you want to test, and start it.

How to do it...

There are several tools and configurations that will help you with the analysis of IP traffic. Among them are:

IP statistics
IP name resolution

IP statistics tools

When you monitor a communication line, connectivity to a server, traffic to the Internet, or any other type of traffic, there are several tools for monitoring the source and destination IPs.

Following are the steps for seeing the source and destination IPs: