It's easy to capture packets with Wireshark the world's most popular network sniffer whether
off the wire or from the air. But how do you use those packets to understand what's happening
on your network? Updated to cover Wireshark 2.x the third edition of Practical Packet
Analysis will teach you to make sense of your packet captures so that you can better
troubleshoot network problems. You'll find added coverage of IPv6 and SMTP a new chapter on
the powerful command line packet analyzers tcpdump and TShark and an appendix on how to read
and reference packet values using a packet map. Practical Packet Analysis will show you
how to: -Monitor your network in real time and tap live network communications -Build
customized capture and display filters -Use packet analysis to troubleshoot and resolve
common network problems like loss of connectivity DNS issues and slow speeds -Explore
modern exploits and malware at the packet level -Extract files sent across a network from
packet captures -Graph traffic patterns to visualize the data flowing across your network
-Use advanced Wireshark features to understand confusing captures -Build statistics and
reports to help you better explain technical network information to non-techies No matter
what your level of experience is Practical Packet Analysis will show you how to use Wireshark
to make sense of any network and get things done.
