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.
