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Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook
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Configuring protocol preferences provides us with capabilities to change the way that Wireshark captures and presents common protocols. In this recipe we will learn how to configure the most common protocols.
In this recipe, we will talk about the following basic protocols (basic means that they are used everywhere, not that they are simple):
When you choose to configure the IPv4 or IPv6 parameters, you will get the following window:
The parameters that you may change are:
In UDP, there is not much to change. A very simple protocol, with a very simple configuration. In TCP on the other hand, there are some parameters that can be changed.
Most of the changes you can do in the TCP preferences are in the way that Wireshark dissects the captured data.
Using the Protocols feature from the Preferences menu adds more analysis capabilities to the Wireshark software. Just be careful here to not add too many capabilities that will slow down the packet capture and analysis.
You can get more information on GeoIP at http://wiki.wireshark.org/HowToUseGeoIP.
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