
This video introduces the course, expaining the goals and benefits of the course.
This video introduces the instructor, chronicling his experience both with Wireshark and with instruction.
This video discusses the technologies you need to be familiar with in order to get the most from the course. It also discusses some of the terminology used throughout the course.
This video walks you through downloading the most recent stable release of Wireshark from the official website.
This video is a tutorial on installing Wireshark and WinPcap on the Windows platform.
This video is a tutorial on how to capture packets with Wireshark.
This video walks you through the different primary interface components of Wireshark, and what each component is used for.
In this lecture, we will open an example capture from a live network and use it to demonstrate the importance of filtering in Wireshark.
In this video, we will introduce you to the Expression tool. We will then use the tool to filter down our example capture and examine a potential issue with DHCP communications.
Learn to use Wireshark filters to analyze a web page capture, view the page source, and resolve the server IP with nslookup to filter packets and see the server data.
Examine encapsulation across layers from Ethernet frames to IP and TCP headers, understand ports, sequence and ACK numbers, and TCP flags, with Wireshark reassembling and displaying complete data.
Explore the purpose of RFCs, which explain protocols from a barebones view with header formats, logic flow, and a simple prototype-ready overview, including humorous April Fools examples.
Learn to capture all relevant data by clearing caches (ARP, DNS, NetBIOS, and hosts), closing open sockets, clearing browser and server caches, and verifying traces before analysis.
Close nonessential applications to reduce capture noise in Wireshark. Start the capture and reproduce the issue, then stop the capture quickly for easier analysis.
Use the comparison technique to compare a working capture with a failing one across systems or times, revealing differences and debugging intermittent or proprietary protocol issues.
Perform simultaneous captures from both the server side and the client side to locate intermediate devices dropping or modifying packets, using unique header IDs and sequence numbers to align data.
Analyze TCP retransmissions in Wireshark to determine if they indicate a problem. Compare traffic scope across hosts and ports, and verify validity against configuration-specific interpretations.
Identify invalid retransmissions in Wireshark by inspecting load balancer configurations and spanning port switch issues. Differentiate true retransmissions from duplicates by checking IP ID values and MAC addresses.
Explore how the IP MTU is determined by the layer 2 protocol and why Ethernet frame size encourages splitting data into smaller chunks for efficiency on shared networks.
Discover how IP fragmentation and Path MTU discovery work, using DS and MF flags and ICMP messages, with Wireshark filters to diagnose MTU issues.
Use Wireshark regularly to capture, filter, and scope data to quickly isolate the source of problems; practice tracing various protocols to deepen understanding and improve fault detection.
Protocol analysis is a complicated, and often intimidating, subject. Many engineers, even ones with significant experience, feel powerless and lost when confronted with the sea of data that a network capture can provide. Most courses approach this problem with more overload; diving into each menu item and option with detailed explanations. But when you get done with those courses, you still find yourself wondering “How do I actually use this stuff to resolve problems?”
This course is different
This course is specifically designed to walk you through the mindset and methodology an expert uses to diagnose problems with Wireshark. No time is wasted on options or features that are not heavily used. Instead, the key skills are trained, with a focus on making sure you understand why this skill is useful, and how the skill is used. Real problems are examined from real network captures, and the techniques used to diagnose these problems are laid bare.
Throughout this course, you will open the same captures as the instructor, and use the same techniques he uses to see the same results he gets. In this course, you will learn:
How to install Wireshark to both take and view captures
How to take the best possible captures, maximizing signal and reducing noise
How to filter captures using both individual and combined filtering, to arrive at the exact information you need
Advanced techniques like comparison captures and ring buffering to diagnose complex corner cases
How to use RFCs to understand the function of the protocols you are examining
How to use captures to troubleshoot both common and complex problems, such as TCP retransmissions and Black Hole routers
Additionally, you will receive access to all of the example traces used in the course, so that you can follow along as the instructor walks you through his techniques. And all of this is provided in high-quality video, allowing you to complete the course at your own pace.
Finally, in addition to the course, you will receive:
Direct access to the instructor
Updated content
A certificate of completion
30-day, money-back guarantee
All you need to take the course is a computer capable of running Wireshark (Windows, Linux, or Macintosh), and an Internet connection.
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