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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide Secure your network through protocol analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789342789
Length 164 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Charit Mishra Charit Mishra
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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 Display filter, for example, ip.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...

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