What's new in Wireshark 2?
There's a new version of Wireshark out—a new major version that has many interesting features. Here, you can see the new Qt GUI:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788626521/graphics/436761da-8215-4729-8a4e-afcbde253fb6.png)
It looks very similar to the Legacy GTK GUI, with few minor tweaks. The main menu bar here has had some icons changed and removed; the general interface is a little bit cleaner. All the general functionality, though, is all the same. Capture options are on the upper left-hand side and they are denoted by a gear icon. When you click on the gear icon, you have multiple tabs for Input
options, Output
options, and general Options
:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788626521/graphics/f6ff2274-40cd-4e70-90fd-cfff0e5f12b2.png)
When you click on Edit
| Preferences...
, you can see the preferences window, as shown in the following screenshot. Options such as S
how up to
makes it easy to navigate and view what you need to see:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788626521/graphics/3ae1bb42-486f-4396-98ab-ea503d0e235b.png)
As shown in the following screenshot, on the left-hand side, you can see the related packets diagram show up, based on what you select. So if you select different packets, this will change in size and shape; and what might...