Who should attend
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Network Fundamentals and TCP/IP operation
Course Objectives
Course Content
Features, functions and basic operation of Ethereal/Wireshark Analyser
- Introduction and operation of Wireshark
- Live Capture and Live Capture settings
- Display options and basic interpretation
- Working with Display Filters and Capture Filters
- File Input and Output
Advanced features of Wireshark Analyser
- Preferences and user profiles
- Name resolution
- Packet Reassembly
- Expert Information
- Packet colorisation
Methodology and techniques of network analysis and troubleshooting
- What is packet analysis?
- Steps and techniques for analysing traffic
- Analysing Switched Ethernet - Tapping into the network
- Capturing wireless network traffic
- Measuring network delay and response time
- Measuring network throughput and overhead
Statistics and Baselining
- Terms and Overview
- Wireshark Statistics
- Application Profiles
Analysing networks and applications
- "Is it the network or the application?" - Fault isolation
- Typical network related problems
- Application types and typical application related problems