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Tech Talk Live 2018. Roy Hoover roy_hoover@iu13.org. Intro to Wireshark What is it? What does it do? Why do I need it?. Wireshark- What is it. Packet Capture Protocol Analyzer Network Analyzer. Wireshark- What does it do. Analyze bits on the wire (or in the air)
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Tech Talk Live 2018 Roy Hoover roy_hoover@iu13.org Intro to WiresharkWhat is it? What does it do? Why do I need it?
Wireshark- What is it • Packet Capture • Protocol Analyzer • Network Analyzer
Wireshark- What does it do • Analyze bits on the wire (or in the air) • Break down packets into their components • See what’s actually happening on your network
Wireshark- Why do I need it • More detail on problems • Tech support requested a capture • Need to open a .PCAP file • Want to understand network traffic flow in greater detail • “Thorny” problems • Don’t get lost in the weeds!
Wireshark • What is it • Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX • Open Source • www.wireshark.org • Pcap • Previously called Ethereal • Promiscuous mode • Legal stuff
OSI Model 7 Application Telnet, e-mail 6 Presentation Pict, GIF 5 Session NFS, SQL 4 Transport TCP,UDP,SPX 3 Network IPv4, IPv6, IPX 2 Data Link Ethernet, Token Ring 1 Physical Copper, Fiber, Radio Waves
Rabbit Hole Serial Communications What settings does a Cisco console port use? 9600 8N1
Serial line sending “OK” At 9600 Bits Per Second 1/(9600 bps) or 104 µs per bit. Decimal Hex Binary 0 0 0000 1 1 0001 2 2 0010 3 3 0011 4 4 0100 5 5 0101 6 6 0110 7 7 0111 8 8 1000 9 9 1001 10 A 1010 11 B 1011 12 C 1100 13 D 1101 14 E 1110 15 F 1111 4F 01001111
IPv4 Packet Ethernet Frame
IPv6 Packet Header Ethernet Frame
Getting Packets • On your machine • Hub • Switch • Watch your link utilization! • Mirror a port • SPAN • Tap
Install Wireshark 2.6.0 (May 2, 2018)https://www.wireshark.org/#download
Sample Captures https://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCaptures#Sample_Captures
Questions? • Roy Hoover • roy_hoover@iu13.org