NETW202 W2 Lab Report Perry
Anthony Perry
NETW202, Robert Meadows
Current Date 3-15-15 iLab #2, Introduction to Wireshark
Lab Report
Section I: Watch the video on the iLab page about Wireshark and answer the questions below.
1. Is Wireshark open source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open source versus proprietary in the first place? Give an example of something that is open source versus something that is proprietary in the field of networking and telecommunications. (1 point)
Wireshark is Open Source. Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose
2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network? Hint: For full credit, you must talk about what is displayed in each pane in addition to the name of each pane. (1 point)
Tree view pane- allows the hierarches view of the header view details
Byte view pane- raw data 10x bytes per row.
Packet list pane- shows packets and the information on each packet, that is separated info columns
3. What does a display filter do? Where do you add in a display filter? (1 point)
Allows you to define which packets are displayed in the list pane. You would add it into the filter fields.
4. What does the protocol column show? How can this be helpful to you when troubleshooting? (1 point)
This column shows the protocol that the packet is using. It would be useful when trying to decide if the proper protocol is being used and if it is causing a conflict which could shut the system or program down.
5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame? What is shown when you expand the details of a packet? (1 point)
By clicking the (+) sign. The protocol the packet is using as well as the packet information.
6. Wireshark capture files have what file name extension? (1 point) pcapng 7. The time
NETW202, Robert Meadows
Current Date 3-15-15 iLab #2, Introduction to Wireshark
Lab Report
Section I: Watch the video on the iLab page about Wireshark and answer the questions below.
1. Is Wireshark open source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open source versus proprietary in the first place? Give an example of something that is open source versus something that is proprietary in the field of networking and telecommunications. (1 point)
Wireshark is Open Source. Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose
2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network? Hint: For full credit, you must talk about what is displayed in each pane in addition to the name of each pane. (1 point)
Tree view pane- allows the hierarches view of the header view details
Byte view pane- raw data 10x bytes per row.
Packet list pane- shows packets and the information on each packet, that is separated info columns
3. What does a display filter do? Where do you add in a display filter? (1 point)
Allows you to define which packets are displayed in the list pane. You would add it into the filter fields.
4. What does the protocol column show? How can this be helpful to you when troubleshooting? (1 point)
This column shows the protocol that the packet is using. It would be useful when trying to decide if the proper protocol is being used and if it is causing a conflict which could shut the system or program down.
5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame? What is shown when you expand the details of a packet? (1 point)
By clicking the (+) sign. The protocol the packet is using as well as the packet information.
6. Wireshark capture files have what file name extension? (1 point) pcapng 7. The time