Creating IP-based statistics

In this recipe we will learn how to create some IP-based statistics. We will discuss the following statistics tools:

  • IP Addresses
  • IP Destinations
  • IP Protocols Types

Getting ready

Open Wireshark and click on the Statistics menu.

How to do it...

To get IP addresses statistics, perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to Statistics | IP Addresses.
  2. In the window that comes up, select the filter you want to use by clicking on the Filter button:
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  3. If you want to see statistics of the whole captured file, leave it blank and all the IP packet statistics will be shown.
  4. If you want to see only statistics up to a specific IP address, type the ...

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