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Network Analysis using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Yoram Orzach, Yogesh Ramdoss
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Network Analysis using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Yoram Orzach, Yogesh Ramdoss

Overview of this book

This book contains practical recipes on troubleshooting a data communications network. This second version of the book focuses on Wireshark 2, which has already gained a lot of traction due to the enhanced features that it offers to users. The book expands on some of the subjects explored in the first version, including TCP performance, network security, Wireless LAN, and how to use Wireshark for cloud and virtual system monitoring. You will learn how to analyze end-to-end IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity failures for Unicast and Multicast traffic using Wireshark. It also includes Wireshark capture files so that you can practice what you’ve learned in the book. You will understand the normal operation of E-mail protocols and learn how to use Wireshark for basic analysis and troubleshooting. Using Wireshark, you will be able to resolve and troubleshoot common applications that are used in an enterprise network, like NetBIOS and SMB protocols. Finally, you will also be able to measure network parameters, check for network problems caused by them, and solve them effectively. By the end of this book, you’ll know how to analyze traffic, find patterns of various offending traffic, and secure your network from them.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Introduction

In Chapter 5, Using Basic Statistics Tools, we discussed the basic statistical tools—that is, the list of end users, list of conversations, the capture summary, and others. In this chapter, we will look at the advanced statistical tools—the I/O graphs, TCP stream graphs, and, in brief, also UDP multicast streams.

The tools we will talk about here enable us to have a better look at the network. Here, we have two major tools:

  • The I/O graph, which enables us to view statistical graphs for any predefined filter—for example, the throughput on a single IP address, the load between two or more hosts, application throughput, TCP phenomena distribution, time between frames, time between TCP sequence numbers and acknowledgement, and more.
  • TCP stream graphs. In examining these, we will have a deeper look at a single TCP connection, and learn how to isolate...